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James S. Wylie (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm hand and farmer)

b. 1830-07-03 d. 1874-07-15

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmhand and farmer. Kentucky native. Son of John Wylie and Elizabeth D. Wylie. Married to Sarah L. Pollard Wylie. Father of Robert Sidney Wylie, John Wylie, and Maggie Wylie. Resident in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned thirteen enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmhand in Caldwell County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Caldwell County in 1860. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1863.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 356B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 783.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 35.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 222B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 492B.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Caldwell County, KY, June 1863, p. 42.

"James S. Wylie (1830-1874)," Find A Grave, Memorial #18481193, accessed October 18, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18481193.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994029, Caldwell County Marriages, p. 1.

Citation

Wylie, James S.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208229 (November 12, 2026).

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