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James M. Ricketts (Montgomery County, Kentucky, postmaster and merchant)

b. 1826?

Montgomery County, Kentucky, postmaster and merchant. Son of Thomas Griffith Ricketts and Polly Mitchell Ricketts. Married to Louisa Orear Ricketts. United States postmaster in Montgomery County, Kentucky, from 1848 to 1853. Merchant in Montgomery County in 1850. Household owned one enslaved person in Montgomery County in 1850. Merchant in Montgomery County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Montgomery County in 1860. Merchant in Montgomery County in 1863.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, District 2, p. 82A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, District 2, p. 55.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, p. 244.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, p. 86A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, Maysville, District 2, p. 421B.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Montgomery County, KY, October 1863, p. 102.

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Montgomery County, Kentucky, vol. 14, p. 688.

Emma Jane Walker and Virginia Wilson, eds. Some Marriages in Montgomery County, Kentucky, Before 1864. (Frankfort: Kentucky Records Research Committee, DAR, 1961). p. 88.

Citation

Ricketts, James M.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281210 (November 12, 2026).

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