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James A. Burnside (Garrard County, Kentucky, speculator )

b. 1836-09-05 d. 1925-04-28

Garrard County, Kentucky, speculator. Garrard County, Kentucky, native. Son of Josiah Burnside and Almira Hyatt Burnside. Attended school in Garrard County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned fourteen enslaved persons in Garrard County in 1850. Speculator in Garrard County in 1860. Household owned fourteen enslaved persons in Garrard County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Garrard County in 1860. Farmer in Garrard County in 1863.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Garrard County, District 1, p. 237B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Garrard County, District 1, p. 34.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Garrard County, Lancaster, p. 643.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Garrard County, p. 15B.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War) NARA RG 110, Garrard County, KY, July 1863, p. 15.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 9042.

Citation

Burnside, James A.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32280748 (November 12, 2026).

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