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James C. Weller (Caldwell County, Kentucky, resident and county clerk)

b. 1798?

Caldwell County, Kentucky, county clerk. Kentucky native. Father of Ellen Weller and Francis Weller. Married to Zerilda Rucker Weller in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on October 4, 1849. Father of Charles Weller and John Weller. Stepfather of Nancy J. Rucker Weller and Adele Rucker Weller. Resident in Caldwell County in 1830. Owned one enslaved person in Caldwell County in 1830. Resident in Caldwell County in 1840. Owned two enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1840. County clerk in Caldwell County from 1849 to 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. County clerk in Caldwell County in 1860. Owned six enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1860. Hired one enslaved person to J. W. McGowan in Caldwell County in 1860. Clerk in Caldwell County in 1861.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Fifth Manuscript Census of the United States (1830), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Eddyville, p. 1-2.

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, p. 2-3.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 281B.

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

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 114.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 218B, 225A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film #000851644.

KYR-0001-017-0167.

Citation

Weller, James C.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202850 (November 12, 2026).

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