Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Gallatin County, Kentucky, politician and trader. Kentucky native. Married to Arena McDaniel. Father of John McDaniel, Flora McDaniel, and James McDaniel. Owned five enslaved persons in 1860. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Gallatin County from 1857 to 1859. Trader in Gallatin County in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Gallatin County, p. 17.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Cumberland County, p. 4.

Journal of the House of Representatives, (Frankfort, Ky.: A. G. Hodges, Public Printer, 1857).

Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, History of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Covington, Ky.: Collins & Co., 1878), 287.

Citation

McDaniel, James H.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211145 (November 12, 2026).

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Correspondence
Marcellus Mundy et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
1864-08-06

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