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James Woods (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1795?

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Sally Candle Woods in Madison County, Kentucky, on November 18, 1832. Father of Sandford Woods, Sally A. Woods, and James Willis Woods. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Owned nineteen enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860. Owned nineteen enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 365A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 790.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Long Pond, p. 14.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Long Pond, p. 216A.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #15833.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Madison County Marriages, Film #000183302, p. 192.

Citation

Woods, James. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32212544 (November 12, 2026).

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