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David A. Grimes (Harrison County, Ky, farmer)

b. 1820?

Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Zirelda Grimes. Father of John H. Grimes, Mary Susan Grimes, Peter Grimes, Thomas Grimes, Davalla Grimes, and Joseph Grimes. Farmer in Harrison County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1850. Farmer in Harrison County in 1860. Owned nine enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1860. Farmer in Harrison County in 1863.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 157B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 518.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 411.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, p. 114B.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Harrison County, KY, June and July 1863, p. 93, (Accessed via ancestry.com).

Citation

Grimes, David A.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204495 (November 12, 2026).

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