Person

James E. Wright (Logan County, KY, county court clerk)

b. 1822?

Russellville, Kentucky, county court clerk. Missouri native. Married to Sarah "Sally" A. Robertson Wright in Logan County, Kentucky, on January 13, 1848. Father of William M. Wright. Resident in Logan County in 1850. Agent appointed by the Kentucky auditor on April 11, 1853 to 1865. County Court clerk in Logan County in 1860. Employed Lina Wood as a servant in Logan County in 1860. Employed one enslaved person in Logan County in 1860. County court clerk in Logan County from 1860 to 1865.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, Russellville, p. 135A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, Russellville District 2, p. 617.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, Russellville, p. 399B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, Russellville, p. 476A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Logan County Marriages, Film # 000364550, p. 301.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), p. 308.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862, Legislative Document Series, No. 24 (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), p. 306.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863, Legislative Document Series, No. 10 (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), p. 301.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), p. 12, 14.

Citation

Wright, James E.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207277 (November 12, 2026).

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