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James E. McClain (Shelby County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace.)

b. 1819?

Shelby County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Carpenter McClain. Father of Shelby Knight McClain. Farmer in Shelby County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Shelby County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Shelby County in 1860. Appointed Justice of the Peace in Shelby County on November 19, 1861.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Shelby County, District 2, p. 133.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Shelby County, District 2, p. 292A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Shelby County, District 7, p. 541B.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 24092.

KYR-0001-017-0251.

Citation

McClain, James E.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204590 (November 12, 2026).

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