Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Mercer County, Kentucky, county surveyor. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Westerfield. Owned three enslaved persons in Mercer County in 1850. County surveyor in Mercer County in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 2, p. 901.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, p. 52.

Find A Grave, "James C. Westerfield (1783-1867)," Memorial #19507895, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19507895 (accessed May 22, 2018).

Citation

Westerfield, James C.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32205737 (November 12, 2026).

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Documents (2)

Petition
Benjamin C. Frapnall et al. to Beriah Magoffin
Petition
David Board et al. to Beriah Magoffin
1861-12-08

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