Person

James H. Maxwell (Caldwell County, Kentucky, merchant, farmer)

b. 1822?

Caldwell County, Kentucky, merchant and farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary M. Cole Maxwell. Father of Warren E. Maxwell, Fuller Maxwell, Carrie Maxwell, Herbert Bolter Maxwell, Frank Maxwell, Willis Jerome Maxwell, and Nellie Maxwell. Merchant in Caldwell County in 1850. Household owned four enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860. Owned eight enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1860.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 311A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 828.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Fredonia, p. 163-164.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Fredonia, p. 19.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Jackson County, De Soto, p. 69B.

Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Kentucky, 1862-1866 NARA RG 58, Microfilm Series M768, Roll 1, Caldwell County, Kentucky, 1863.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994027, Caldwell County Births, p. 53.

Citation

Maxwell, James H.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203454 (November 12, 2026).

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