Person

James W. Roberts (Henry County, Kentucky, farmer.)

b. 1818 d. 1891

Henry County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Ann Eliza Pryor Roberts in Carroll County, Kentucky, on March 14, 1843. Father of Mary Roberts, William Roberts, Anne E. Roberts, and Elizabeth Roberts. Farmer in Henry County in 1850. Owned twelve enslaved persons in Henry County in 1850. Owned Nancy [Unknown] and Dick [Unknown] in 1854. Owned Marshall [Unknown], Turpen [Unknown], and Hannah [Unknown] in 1855. Owned Harriett [Unknown] in 1856. Farmer in Henry County in 1860. Employed John Garrity as a laborer in Henry County in 1860. Owned nineteen enslaved persons in Henry County in 1860.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, District 1, p. 368B-369A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, District 1.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Subdivision 1, p. 324.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, Subdivision 1, p. 182A.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994038, Henry County Births.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Carroll County Marriages, Film 000414689.

"James W Roberts (1818-1891)," Find A Grave, Memorial 110626075, accessed December 6, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110626075.

Citation

Roberts, James W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213055 (January 19, 2026).

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