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James Bivian Groom (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1816-02-03 d. 1893-02-26

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Elizabeth Snelling Groom in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on May 28, 1845. Father of Christiana M. Groom, Eliza F. Groom, Mary "Mollie" E. Groom, William S. Groom, Major J. Groom, Virginia R. Groom, Lua Mattie Groom, James Bivian Groom, and Charles L. Groom. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Owned seven enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860. Employed Bartlett C. Griffith as an overseer in Caldwell County in 1860. Owned twenty-five enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 363B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 787.

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

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Burnesville, p. 208A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Harmony, p. 454A.

"James Bivian Groom (1816-1893)," Find A Grave, Memorial #132735961, accessed October 13, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132735961.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994029, Caldwell County Births.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film #000851644.

Citation

Groom, James Bivian. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32212228 (November 12, 2026).

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