Person

James W. Baker (Shelby County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1831?

Shelby County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of R. J. R. Baker. Married to Frances J. Young Baker. Father of Allen Baker. Farmer in Shelby County, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Shelby County in 1860.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Shelby County, District 2, p. 348A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Shelby County, District 2, p. 293A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Shelby County, District 2, p. 143.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Shelby County Births, April 20, 1858.

Citation

Baker, James W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32206584 (November 12, 2026).

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