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James Scott (Bourbon County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace)

b. 1802-12-17 d. 1889-01-18

Bourbon County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. Bourbon County, Kentucky, native. Son of Anne Scott. Married to Emeline P. Offutt Scott in Bourbon County, Kentucky, on September 27, 1853. Father to Nancy A. Scott, Emeline Payne Scott, and William R. Scott. Farmer in Bourbon County in 1850. Owned nine enslaved persons in Bourbon County in 1850. Farmer in Bourbon County in 1860. Owned twenty-eight enslaved persons in Bourbon County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Bourbon County in 1861.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, District 1, p. 312B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, District 1, p. 540.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, Eastern Division, p. 632.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, Eastern Division, p.125A-B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, North Middleton, p. 351B-352A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Bourbon County Marriages, Film 000216817, p. 30.

"James Scott (1802-1889)," Find A Grave, Memorial #126842916, accessed July 12, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126842916.

KYR-0001-017-0177.

Citation

Scott, James. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32215072 (November 12, 2026).

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