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David Cloyd James (Union Circuit Court clerk)

b. 1828-12-21 d. 1915-01-18

Union County, Kentucky, attorney and court clerk. Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee native. Son of William James and Martha Cloyd James. Married to Sarah A. Nunn James in Crittenden County, Kentucky, on August 20, 1850. Married to Frances B. Cary James. Married to Martha A. Kirk James. Married to Amanda Morris James in Webster County, Kentucky, on September 28, 1865. Clerk in Crittenden County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Crittenden County in 1850. Farmer in Union County in 1854. Manager and bookkeeper at Curlew Mines in Union County from 1857 to 1860. Farmer in Union County from 1860 to 1863. Clerk of the Union Circuit Court from 1863 to 1868.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden County, District 2, p. 254A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden County, District 2.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, Morganfield Precinct, p. 354B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Crittenden County Marriages, Film 000558428.

"Noted Financier of Union County is Dead," The Twice-A-Week Messenger (Owensboro, KY), January 23, 1915, p. 5.

History of Union County, Kentucky: A Complete Account of the Settlement, Organization and Government of the County, Together with Facts and Figures Concerning the Society, Professions, Commerce, Industries, Agriculture, Coal, Railroads, Education, Religion, and Other Institutions and Resources of the County, and Biographical Sketches of Its Leading Citizens, (Evansville, IN: Courier Co., 1886), pp. 470-472.

"David Cloyd James (1826-1915)," Find A Grave, Memorial 106628135, accessed December 19, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106628135.

Citation

James, David Cloyd. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201599 (November 12, 2026).

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