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James N. Gracey (Lyon County merchant)

b. 1804 d. 1870

Lyon County, Kentucky, merchant. Kentucky native. Son of John Gracey and Mary Patten Gracey. Married to Zerilda O'Hara Gracey in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on February 4, 1830. Father of Mildred Gracey Kelly. Merchant in Caldwell County in 1850. Owned nine enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Merchant in Lyon County in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Lyon County in 1860. Held an additional three enslaved persons as the agent for Mildred Gracey Kelly in Lyon County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 329A.

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

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 765.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 416A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 41B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film 000851644.

Lineage Book: National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, vol. VII (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1898), 141.

"James Nelson Gracey (1804-1870)," Find A Grave, Memorial 67145012, accessed January 26, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67145012.

Citation

Gracey, James N.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32206149 (November 12, 2026).

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