Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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James W. Cason (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmhand and farmer)

b. 1833?

About

Harrison County, Kentucky, farmhand and farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Hawkins Cason and Sarah Cason. Resident of Harrison County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned one enslaved person in Harrison County in 1850. Farmhand in Harrison County in 1860. Household owned one enslaved person in Harrison County in 1860. Farmer in Harrison County in 1863.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 128A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 395.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 501.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, p. 111B.

Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Mortality Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, Rutland, District 5, p. 120A.

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

Citation

Cason, James W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32280784 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
Joseph Shawhan et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
1864-01-08

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