Person

James Gardner (Graves County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1826 d. 1906-03-10

Graves County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Jane Carter Gardner. Father of Nancy Gardner, Eveline Gardner, Louisa Gardner, Samuel Gardner, John Gardner, Emma Ramsey Gardner, David Gardner, and Ada Gardner. Farmer in Graves County in 1850. Farmer in Graves County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Graves County in 1860. Farmer in Graves County in 1863.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, District 2, p. 422A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, p. 32.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, p. 53B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, Mayfield, p.171A-B.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 19088.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Graves County, KY, June 1863. p. 10.5.

"James Gardner." Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN), March 12, 1906.

"James Gardner (1826-1906)," Find A Grave, Memorial 158961382, accessed October 3, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158961382.

Citation

Gardner, James. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208543 (November 12, 2026).

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