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James Shoptaw (Bullitt County, Ky, cooper and farmer)

b. 1825?

Bullitt County, Kentucky, cooper and farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Emily Baxter Shoptaw on November 21, 1845. Father of W. F. Shoptaw, Lewis Shoptaw, Thomas Shoptaw, Wesley Shoptaw, Rebecca Shoptaw, Perry Shoptaw, John N. Shoptaw, Berthenia Shoptaw, Theodosia Shoptaw, James G. Shoptaw, and Clarence Shoptaw. Cooper in Bullitt County in 1850. Employed John Shoptaw and Alonzo Shoptaw as coopers in Bullitt County in 1850. Farmer in Bullitt County in 1860.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bullitt County, District 1, p. 169B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bullitt County, District 1, p. 714.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bullitt County, Shepherdsville, p. 247B-248A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Bullitt County Marriages, 1797-1876, Film #000482690, p. 16, p. 174 of 360 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com).

Citation

Shoptaw, James. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214545 (November 12, 2026).

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