Person

James R. Ford (Catlettsburg, Boyd County, Jeweler)

b. 1826?

Catlettsburg, Kentucky, jeweler. Virginia native. Married to Sarah Ford. Father of Glenmore Ford. Jeweler in Catlettsburg in 1860. Owned one enslaved person (Ann) in Boyd County in 1860. Silversmith in Boyd County in 1863.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyd County, Catlettsburg, p. 799.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Boyd County, p. 145A.

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), Boyd County, KY, October 1863, p. 41 (accessed via ancestry.com).

Citation

Ford, James R.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32205747 (November 12, 2026).

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