Person

James H. Drane (Shelby County, Kentucky, farmer and postmaster)

b. 1805-03-31 d. 1892-10-23

Shelby County, Kentucky, farmer and postmaster. Kentucky native. Married to Nancy Wells Drane in Shelby County on November 2, 1825. Father of William C. Drane. Appointed postmaster of Bayard in Shelby County from March 5, 1838, to June 20, 1850. Farmer in Shelby County in 1860. Owned eighteen enslaved persons in Shelby County in 1860.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Shelby County, District 1, p. 198.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Shelby County, District 1, p. 18.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Shelby County Marriages, Film #000259284, p. 147 of 791 of microfilm.

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, p. 434 (accessed via Ancestry.com).

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971. Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Shelby County, Kentucky, Volume 14, p. 720, p. 229 of 557 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com).

Find A Grave, "James H. Drane (March 31, 1805-October 23, 1892)," Memorial #8207894, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8207894 (accessed August 2, 2018).

Citation

Drane, James H.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32205407 (November 12, 2026).

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