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James H. Reynolds (Adair County, Kentucky, farmer, sheriff, and liquor dealer)

b. 1821?

Adair County, Kentucky, farmer, sheriff, and liquor dealer. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Holladay Reynolds in Adair County, Kentucky, on October 3, 1844. Father of Susan Reynolds, Lou A. Reynolds, Mary J. Reynolds, Ermine C. Reynolds, John H. Reynolds, Ezly Reynolds, Joseph H. Reynolds, Ella Reynolds, Walter Reynolds, and Bettie Reynolds. Farmer in Adair County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Adair County in 1850. Farmer in Adair County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Adair County in 1860. Sheriff in Adair County in 1861. Sheriff in Adair County in 1862. Liquor dealer in Adair County in 1863.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, District 2, p. 79A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, District 2, p. 33.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, District 2, p. 9.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, District 2, p. 9B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, Columbia, p. 34B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Adair County Marriages, Film 000830576.

Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Kentucky, 1862-1866 NARA RG 58, Microfilm Series M768, Roll 05, Adair County, Kentucky, 1863, p. 23.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1860, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1861), 333.

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), 327.

Citation

Reynolds, James H.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32280693 (November 12, 2026).

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