Person

James C. Ransdell (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1808?

Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Nancy Cornwell Ransdell in Mercer County, Kentucky in 1863. Farmer in Mercer County in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Mercer County in 1850. Farmer in Mercer County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Mercer County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 2, p. 323B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 2.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 2, p. 572.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 2, p. 42A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Precinct 2, p. 459A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mercer County Marriages, Film 000191855.

Citation

Ransdell, James C.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209621 (November 12, 2026).

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