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James W. Bradshaw (Simpson County, Kentucky, merchant and tax assessor )

b. 1834?

Simpson County, Kentucky, merchant and tax assessor. Kentucky native. Son of William Bradshaw and N. Bradshaw. Married to Sarah H. Bradshaw. Father of Samuel Bradshaw. Laborer in Simpson County, Kentucky in 1850. Named postmaster in Simpson County on September 8, 1858. Merchant in Franklin, Kentucky in 1860. Nominated to the Office of Assessor in Simpson County by the provisional government of Kentucky on December 29, 1861.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Simpson County, p.123.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Simpson County, Franklin, p. 405.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994027-994058, Simpson County Marriages, p. 8.

_Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, [28 & 180, (accessed via Ancestry.com).

KYR-0004-033-0038.

Citation

Bradshaw, James W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210070 (November 12, 2026).

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