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James Norris (Bath County, Kentucky, laborer, shoemaker, and farmer)

b. 1830-07-08 d. 1917-07-30

Bath County, Kentucky, laborer, shoemaker, and farmer. Kentucky native. Son of David Norris and Martha McClain Norris. Married to Sarah Jane Robinson Norris in Bath County, Kentucky, on July 8, 1851. Father of Emily Norris, David Norris, Mary Norris, Barbarella Norris, and Benjamin Norris. Married to Mary A. Hart Norris in Bath County, Kentucky, on July 7, 1864. Father of Martha E. Norris. Laborer in Bath County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned four enslaved persons in Bath County in 1850. Shoemaker in Bath County in 1860. Farmer in Bath County in 1863.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, District 2, p. 25B-26A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, District 2, p. 306.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, p. 191.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, Owingsville, p. 47B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Bath County Marriages, Film 000273005.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994028, Bath County Marriages, p. 149.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 18572.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Bath County, KY, October 1863.

Citation

Norris, James. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32280612 (November 12, 2026).

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