James H. Priest

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1827-03-04

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1884-08-08

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White

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"James H. Priest" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00018253, (accessed November 5, 2024).

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Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer. Daviess County, Kentucky, native. Son of Hezekiah L. Priest. Married to Mary J. Negley in Henderson County, Kentucky, on December 22, 1853. Father of Florance A. Priest, Henry C. Priest, M. E. Priest, and Nancy Priest. Farmer in Henderson County in 1850. Household owned six enslaved persons in Henderson County in 1850. Farmer in Henderson County in 1860. Administered five enslaved persons for the Easton estate, four enslaved persons for the Mahala Negley estate, and six enslaved individuals for the Eliza A. V. Shutz estate in Henderson County in 1860. Household owned thirteen additional enslaved persons in Henderson County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 1, p. 293B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 1.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division 2, p. 170.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division 2, p. 164A-165B.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, District 1, p. 162A.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994038, Henderson County Marriages.
"James Henry Priest (1827-1884)," Find A Grave, Memorial 90697019, accessed July 21, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90697019.

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