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James M. Jones (Henry County, Kentucky, jailer)

b. 1820?

Henry County, Kentucky, merchant and jailer. Kentucky native. Son of Solomon Jones and Mary Sullivan Jones. Married to Mary Ann Jones. Father of Mary E. Jones, Solomon Jones, Nancy Jane Jones, Henry S. Jones, and Dora Jones. Merchant in Henry County in 1850. Jailer in Henry County in 1860. Jailer in Henry County in 1862. Jailer in Henry County in 1863.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, District 1, p. 425A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, New Castle, p. 248.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, New Castle, p. 330A.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 18072.

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862,” in 1863 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 24 (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 298-306.

KYR-0001-004-0317.

KYR-0001-033-0022.

Citation

Jones, James M.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207167 (January 18, 2026).

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