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James "Madison" Unsell (Ballard county, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1823?

Ballard County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah E. Hayes Unsell. Father of Henry F. Unsell, William H. Unsell, Jeremiah Hayes Unsell, Wingfield S. Unsell, Martha A. Unsell, and infant Unsell. Laborer in Ballard County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Ballard County in 1860. Employed Lawrence Condry as a laborer in Ballard County in 1860. Farmer in Ballard County in 1863.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ballard County, p. 289A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ballard County, Blandville, p. 569.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Ballard County, KY, June and July 1863, p. 45.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #19793.

Citation

Unsell, James "Madison". Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210153 (November 12, 2026).

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