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James D. Headley (Hopkins / Webster County, ky, merchant and farmer )

b. 1814-07-27 d. 1903-11-22

Hopkins County and Webster County, Kentucky, merchant and farmer. Virginia native. Married to Mary Headley. Father of Thomas N. Headley, John W. Headley, Daniel Headley, Margaret Headley, Ann M. Headley James D. Headley, Mary E. Headley, Francis O. Headley, Nathaniel Headley, Sarah M. Headley, Ella Headley, and Mariah Headley. Merchant in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Hopkins County in 1850. Farmer and merchant in Webster County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Webster County in 1860.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 114B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 724.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 590.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 484B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Nebo, p. 65B.

"James D. Headley (1814-1903)," Find A Grave, Memorial #51530840, accessed November 10, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51530840.

Citation

Headley, James D.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204339 (November 12, 2026).

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