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James Nisbet (Hopkins Co., KY, farmer)

b. 1796-02-23 d. 1881-04-19

Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer. South Carolina native. Son of James Nisbet and Jane Bratton Nisbet. Married to Mary Ann Pritchett Nisbet. Father of Samuel R. Nisbet, James M. Nisbet, J. J. C. Nisbet, William A. Nisbet, Laura A. Nisbet, and Virginia F. Nisbet. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1850. Owned six enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1850. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 49B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 697.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 736.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 215B.

Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Louisville, Ky, National #76259, State #950.

Citation

Nisbet, James. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209557 (November 12, 2026).

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