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James Henry Garrard (Franklin County, Kentucky, salt maker and Kentucky state treasurer)

b. 1810-10-23 d. 1865-08-12

Franklin County, Kentucky, salt maker and statesman. Kentucky native. Married to Lettitia J. Garrard. Father of Toleman Garrard, Daniel Garrard, Mittie Garrard, James L. Garrard, Lucy J. Garrard, Florence Garrard, and Ellen W. Garrard. Salt maker in Clay County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned twenty enslaved persons in Clay County in 1850. Member of the Democratic Party in 1857. Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1857 to 1865. Owned three enslaved persons in Clay County in 1860. Ran as a pro-Union candidate in 1861.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Clay County, Kentucky District, p. 102A.

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

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 243-4.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 349B, 350B.

"Election Returns," Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, Ky.), August 16, 1861, p. 1.

Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, Ky.), June 27, 1857, p. 2.

"James Henry Garrard (1810-1865)," Find A Grave, Memorial 95589594, accessed July 10, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95589594.

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Garrard, James Henry. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207936 (November 12, 2026).

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