James Westbrook (Montgomery County, Kentucky, laborer and farmer)
b. 1822?
Montgomery County, Kentucky, laborer and farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Susan Westbrook. Father of John Westbrook and Ben Westbrook. Laborer in Montgomery County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Montgomery County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Montgomery County in 1860.
Details
- Sex
- Male
- Race
- White
Bibliography
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, District 2, p. 61A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, p. 254.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, p. 77B.
Citation
Westbrook, James. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208531 (November 12, 2026).
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