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James H. French (Montgomery County, Kentucky, attorney and judge)

b. 1824?

Montgomery County, Kentucky, attorney and judge. Kentucky native. Son of Richard French and Mary Taliaferro French. Attorney in Montgomery County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned seventeen enslaved persons in Montgomery County in 1850. Attorney in Montgomery County in 1860. Presiding judge of the Montgomery County Court in Montgomery County from 1858 to 1862. Owned three enslaved persons in Montgomery County in 1860. Household owned an additional nine enslaved persons in Montgomery County in 1860.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, District 1, p. 10B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, District 1, p. 36.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, p. 201.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, p. 88B-89A.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994053, Rowan County Marriages.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Clark County Marriages, Film #001943687, p.170.

KYR-0001-021-0004.

KYR-0001-031-0005.

Citation

French, James H.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32205753 (November 12, 2026).

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