Person

James S. Meek (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1785-03-20 d. 1864-10-11

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. North Carolina native. Married to Martha Douglass Meek in Knox County, Tennessee, in September 1808. Father of James H. Meek, Martha Meek, Daniel L. Meek, and William R. Meek. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1840. Owned five enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1840. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Owned six enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, p. 6.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 383A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 820.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 101.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 226B.

"James Steele Meek (1785-1864)," Find A Grave, Memorial #27012612, accessed February 9, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27012612.

Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, Knox County Marriage Bonds, 1807-1817.

Citation

Meek, James S.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208816 (November 12, 2026).

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