Person

James Copeland (Simpson County, KY, farmer)

b. 1802 d. 1869-06-11

Simpson County, Kentucky, farmer. South Carolina native. Married to Nancy Copeland. Father of Minerva J. Copeland. Farmer in Simpson County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned nine enslaved persons in Simpson County in 1850. Farmer in Simpson County in 1860. Employed Owel Evans as a farm laborer in Simpson County in 1860. Owned ten enslaved persons in Simpson County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Simpson County, p. 58B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Simpson County, p. 878.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Simpson County, p. 20.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Simpson County, p. 298A.

Find A Grave, "James Copeland (1802- 11 Jun 1869)," Memorial #48402861, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48402861 (accessed September 21, 2020).

Citation

Copeland, James. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32279691 (November 12, 2026).

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