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James R. Magee (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1837 d. 1916-05-16

Jessamine County and Harrison County, Kentucky, farm laborer, schoolteacher, and farmer. Jessamine County, Kentucky, native. Son of Seth Magee and Susan Sanduskey Magee. Married to Mary Elizabeth Kirtley Magee in Harrison County, Kentucky, on November 29, 1860. Father of Jannie C. Magee and Mennie C. Magee. Farm laborer in Jessamine County in 1850. Household owned thirteen enslaved people in 1850. School teacher in Jessamine County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Jessamine County in 1860. Household owned an additional two enslaved persons in Jessamine County in 1860. Farmer in Harrison County in 1863.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jessamine County, District 2, p. 61B.

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

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jessamine County, p. 100.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jessamine County, p. 303B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, Cynthiana, p. 170A.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Harrison County, KY, June & July 1863, p. 310.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Harrison County Marriages, Film #000216889.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #12920.

"James Robert Megee (1837-1916)," Find A Grave, Memorial #22103864, accessed June 20, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22103864.

Citation

Magee, James R.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202616 (November 12, 2026).

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