James Lester
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James L. Lester (1803 - 1853)

Mr. James L. Lester
Born in Adair Co., Kentuckymap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 9 Apr 1824 in Greensburg, Green Co., Kentuckymap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 49 in Adair Co., KYmap
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Biography

James was born in 1800. James Lester ... He passed away in 1853. Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Adair Co., KY [1]

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  1. First-hand information as remembered by Denny Lester, Saturday, February 7, 2015. Replace this citation if there is another source.

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Photograph of headstones of James L. and Amanda Cardwell Lester in Pleasant Hill Cemetery near Montpelier in Adair Co. KY. ( jpegs kept on a hard drive file.) Kentucky Land Grants: 145 acres, surveyed 3/22/1826 (Adair Co.), Book V. 1827 Russell Co. Tax records lists James Lester on line 29 as owning 100 acres on Greesy (sic, Greasy) Creek. US Census (Russell Co., KY.) 1850, James Lester HOH, wife Amana M., William (son), Luvena E. (dau.) John C. (son), James Milton (son), Sitha Pink (dau.) and Samuel T. (son). Shown as owning additional acres (150) on Cabin Fork Creek on the Adair/Russell county line. Log house still standing on this location inside of a barn. Fair condition based on photographs taken in 2015. Copy of will on file. Written and witnessed on July 6, 1853 and probated September 1853. Recorded in Russell County Will Book #1, page 47. Witnessed by Enos Carter (son-in-law).





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