Person

James Lawrence Marshall (Nelson County, Kentucky, cabinet maker.)

b. 1813-11-21 d. 1865-05-14

Nelson County, Kentucky, cabinetmaker. Delaware native. Son of Samuel Marshall and Elizabeth Marshall. Married to Melvina O. Cox Marshall in Nelson County in September 1838. Father of Sarah Marshall, Christina Marshall, Melvina Marshall, and Kate Marshall. Married to Elizabeth Marshall in Nelson County on October 11, 1853. Father of Edward T. Marshall and Charlotte Marshall. Cabinetmaker in Nelson County in 1850. Employed J. R. Strange as a cabinetmaker, Thomas Milligan as a clerk, and Henry Brenner as a carpenter in Nelson County in 1850. Tavern keeper in Nelson County in 1852. Owned one enslaved person in Nelson County in 1850. Cabinetmaker in Nelson County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 1, p. 287B-288A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 1, p. 7.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 1, p. 257.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Nelson County Marriages, Film #000009668.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Nelson County Marriages, Film #000481509.

"James Lawrence Marshall (1813-1865)," Find A Grave, Memorial #52294337, accessed June 30, 2020, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52294337.

KYR-0001-004-0323.

Citation

Marshall, James Lawrence. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199767 (November 12, 2026).

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