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Jesse S. Sinclair (Scott County, Kentucky,)

b. 1819-02-15 d. 1874-03-02

Scott County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Jemima S. Burbridge Sinclair in Scott County on February 15, 1841. Father of Thornton B. Sinclair and Jemima E. Sinclair. Married to Mary P. Hord Sinclair in Mason County in July 1848. Father of Jesse S. Sinclair, Jr., Ahord B. H. Sinclair, Mary P. Sinclair, and Eugene Sinclair. Resident of Scott County in 1840. Postmaster for Stamping Ground in Scott County from December 26, 1840, to June 13, 1845. Farmer in Scott County in 1850. Owned thirty-two enslaved persons in Scott County in 1850. Farmer in Scott County in 1860. Owned forty-one enslaved persons in Scott County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, Stamping Ground, p. 53.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 2, p. 477B.

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

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 1, p. 941.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 1, p. 223B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, Georgetown, p. 233A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Scott County Marriages, Film 000183225.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mason County Marriages, Film 000281843.

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Scott County, Kentucky, vol. 14, p. 718.

"Jesse S. Sinclair (1819-1874)," Find A Grave, Memorial 96326109, accessed January 4, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96362109.

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Sinclair, Jesse S.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214370 (November 12, 2026).

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