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James R. Hayes (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and dry goods merchant)

b. 1828?

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and merchant. Tennessee native. Married to Caroline T. Wheeler Hayes in Trigg County, Kentucky, on February 15, 1844. Father of Mary E. Hayes, William T. Hayes, Virginia E. Hayes and Anna Hayes. Stepfather of John S. Wheeler. Merchant and farmer in Trigg County in 1850. Employed Bird Harper and Daniel McKinney as merchant's clerks in Trigg County in 1850. Owned six enslaved persons in Trigg County in 1850. Dry goods merchant in Princeton in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1860.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, District 1, p. 296A-B.

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

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 110.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 218A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Trigg County Marriages, Film #000321335, p. 99.

Citation

Hayes, James R.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199959 (November 12, 2026).

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