Wiley P. Fowler

Birth Date

1799-09-02

Death Date

1881-12-11

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Livingston County, Kentucky, attorney and judge. Tennessee native. Married Sarah S. Barnett Fowler in Livingston County, Kentucky, on February 15, 1848. Father of White Fowler, Gustavas Fowler, and William Fowler. Circuit Judge in Livingston County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned twenty-four enslaved persons in Livingston County in 1850. Attorney in Livingston County in 1860. Owned twenty-five enslaved persons in Livingston County in 1860. Judge for the 14th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1861 to 1866.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston County, Smithland, p. 384A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston County, Livingston.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston County, Division 3, p. 333.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston County, Division 3, p. 367A.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston County, District 1, p. 244B.
Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 304.
Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862, Legislative Document Series, No. 24 (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 304.
Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863, Legislative Document Series, No. 10 (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 304.
Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 10.
Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 9-12.
Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1866, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 354.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Livingston County Marriages, Film 000318176.
“Judge Wiley Paul Fowler (1799-1881),” Find A Grave, Memorial 73630120, accessed May 17, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73630120.

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