Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Princeton, Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and provisional government convention member. Kentucky native. Married to Betty Pierce. Father of Frank Pierce, Florence Pierce, Willie Pierce. farmer in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Princeton in 1860. Employed W. S. Pierce as a farmhand in Princeton in 1860. Owned twenty-four enslaved persons in Princeton in 1860. Member of convention of the provisional government at Russellville in November 1861.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 301A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 31.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 222A.

KYR-0004-033-0001.

Citation

Pierce, James M.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32212845 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
William H. Baley et al. to Beriah Magoffin
1861-01-22

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