Person

James M. Speer (Oldham County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1820-01-19 d. 1895-10-18

Oldham County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah Ann Johnston Speer in Oldham County, Kentucky, on March 16, 1843. Father of Laura V. Speer and Elizabeth "Bettie" Speer. Farmer in Oldham County in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Oldham County in 1850. Farmer in Oldham County in 1860. Owned six enslaved persons in Oldham County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Oldham County, Division 1, p. 136A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Oldham County, Division 1, p. 343.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Oldham County, p. 894.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Oldham County, p. 170A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Oldham County, Brownsboro, p. 24B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Oldham County Marriages, Film 000482442.

"James Monroe Speer (1820-1895)," Find A Grave, Memorial 43027095, accessed March 24, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43027095.

Citation

Speer, James M.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211289 (November 12, 2026).

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