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James B. McWhorter (Taylor County, KY, sheriff and entrepreneur)

b. 1826-09-28 d. 1911-03-15

Taylor County, Kentucky, sheriff and entrepreneur. Casey County, Kentucky, native. Son of William T. McWhorter and Mary E. McWhorter. Married to Mary A. Douglass McWhorter in Taylor County on November 17, 1852. Sheriff of Taylor County in 1863. Auctioneer in the firm of Cowhead & McWhorter Co. with Thomas E. Cowhead in Taylor County in 1863 and in 1865. Partner in a confectionery in Taylor County with Samuel Morton in August 1864. Carriage maker in Campbellsville, Kentucky, in 1865.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Taylor County, p. 56.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Taylor County Marriages, 1840-1950, Film #000983727, p. 52, p. 120 of 433 of microfilm.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865); NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), NAI: 4213514, Taylor County, KY, N.D., Vol 3 of 3. p. 115 (Accessed via Ancestry.com).

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863,” in 1864 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 10. (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-306.

U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918. Original data: Records of the Internal Revenue Service. Record Group 58. Taylor County, Kentucky, 1864, p. 5. (Accessed via Ancestry.com).

U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918. Original data: Records of the Internal Revenue Service. Record Group 58. Taylor County, Kentucky, 1865, p. 96. (Accessed via Ancestry.com).

U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918. Original data: Records of the Internal Revenue Service. Record Group 58. Taylor County, Kentucky, 1865, p. 101. (Accessed via Ancestry.com).

Citation

McWhorter, James B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32212584 (November 12, 2026).

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