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James W. Erwin (Hickman County, Kentucky, farmer and town marshal)

b. 1828?

Hickman County, Kentucky, farmer and town marshal. Kentucky native. Filed a marriage bond to Mary Ellen Stewart Erwin in Hickman County, Kentucky, on July 27, 1849. Father of Josephine Erwin and William W. Erwin. Farmer in Hickman County in 1850. Town marshal in Columbus in 1860. City marshal of Columbus in 1861.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hickman County, p. 28A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hickman County, Columbus, p. 478.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Hickman County Marriages, Film #005552774, p. 146.

KYR-0001-022-0015.

Citation

Erwin, James W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207214 (November 12, 2026).

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