James W. Caperton

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1824

Death Date

1909

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"James W. Caperton" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00009788, (accessed April 18, 2024).

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Richmond, Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Madison County, Kentucky, native. Son of William Caperton and Eliza Caperton. Attorney in Richmond, Kentucky in 1850. Attorney in Richmond in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in trust for Eliza Caperton in Richmond in 1860. Served in the 72nd Regiment Kentucky Enrolled Militia as colonel until March 15, 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Richmond, p. 252A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Richmond, p. 147-148.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Richmond, p. 475, (p. 5 of microfilm).
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Richmond, p. 255B.
Find A Grave, "James W Caperton (1824-1909)," Memorial #25964815, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25964815# (accessed December 6, 2018).

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