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James Whitlock (Green County, Kentucky, merchant, farmer, and justice of the peace)

b. 1803?

Green County, Kentucky, merchant, farmer, and justice of the peace. Virginia native. Married to Elizabeth "Bettie" Begley Whitlock. Father of John T. Whitlock, James H. Whitlock, William Whitlock, Rebecca J. Whitlock, Benjamin F. Whitlock, Elizabeth Whitlock, Daniel M. Whitlock, and Silvanius Newton Whitlock. Merchant in Green County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned six enslaved persons in Green County in 1850. Farmer in Green County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Green County in 1860. Appointed justice of the peace in Green County on December 18,1862.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, District 1, p. 92A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, District 1, p. 173.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, District 2, p. 574-5.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, District 2, p. 74B.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #29665.

KYR-0001-031-0088.

Citation

Whitlock, James. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208777 (November 12, 2026).

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