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James S. Bruce (Lincoln County, Kentucky, farmer.)

b. 1818-08-07 d. 1875-06-09

Lincoln County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth McRoberts Bruce. Father of James Bruce, Thomas Bruce, Henry Bruce, Catherine Bruce, George Bruce, and Samuel Bruce. Farmer in Lincoln County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Lincoln County in 1850. Farmer in Lincoln County in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Lincoln County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lincoln County, District 2, p. 278A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Lincoln County, District 2, p. 235.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lincoln County, p. 98.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Lincoln County, p. 351 B.

"James S. Bruce (1818-1875)," Find A Grave, Memorial 121995092, accessed June 23, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121995092.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994045, Lincoln County Births, p. 3.

Citation

Bruce, James S.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281048 (November 12, 2026).

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