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James D. Christian (Todd County, Kentucky, sheriff)

b. 1829?

Todd County, Kentucky, sheriff. Kentucky native. Married to Eliza Jane Garrard in Todd County, Kentucky, on May 1, 1851. Father of Charles G. Christian, Lou T. Christian, Jennie L. Christian, and Nattie E. Christian. Farmer in Todd County in 1850. Sheriff in Todd County from 1860 to 1865.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Todd County, District 2, p. 288A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Todd County, p.717-8.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Todd County, District 4, p.330B.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 231.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 225.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Todd County Marriages, Film #000367186, p. 73-4.

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Christian, James D.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32280292 (November 12, 2026).

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