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James M. Nesbitt (Bath County, Kentucky, attorney & comm'th atty)

b. 1819-03-29 d. 1888-04-22

Bath County, Kentucky, attorney and commonwealth's attorney. Kentucky native. Married to Mary E. Nesbitt. Father of Thomas G. Nesbitt, John J. Nesbitt, Maria E. Nesbitt, William Nesbitt, General J. Nesbitt, Mary B. Nesbitt, Charles Nesbitt, Sarah Nesbitt, and Edward H. Nesbitt. Attorney in Bath County in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Bath County in 1850. Attorney in Bath County in 1860. Owned nine enslaved persons in Bath County in 1860. Commonwealth's attorney for the 11th Judicial District from 1860 to 1862.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, 2nd Division, p. 1A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, 2nd Division.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, p. 83.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, p. 75A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, 2nd Division, p. 63A-B.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1860, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1861), 289.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-08.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862, Legislative Document Series, No. 24 (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 304.

"James Monroe Nesbitt (1819-1888)," Find A Grave, Memorial 45488105, accessed January 30, 2018, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45488105.

KYR-0001-004-0356.

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Nesbitt, James M.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202891 (January 24, 2026).

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