William P. Ross

Birth Date

1825

Death Date

1900

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Nicholas County, Kentucky, attorney and farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Greenberry Ross and Martha M. Ross. Married to Columbia Neal Ross in Nicholas County on February 8, 1853. Father of John Neal Ross. Married to Elizabeth "Lizzie" Davis Ross. Father of Columbia Ross, Henry Edsall Ross, and Mary Ross. Attorney in Nicholas County in 1850. Attorney in Nicholas County in 1860. Household owned two enslaved persons in Nicholas County in 1860. Farmer in Nicholas County in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 2, p. 394A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Nicholas County, Carlisle, p. 278.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedule, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 137A.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Nicholas County, Carlisle, Precinct 4, p. 275A.
Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Nicholas County, KY, July 1863, p. 12 (Accessed via ancestry.com).
Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7019802: All Counties, Nicholas County Deaths, File #2223, p. 2228 of microfilm.
Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7017480: All Counties, Nicholas County Deaths, File #9305, p. 2710 of microfilm.
Find A Grave, "Judge William P. Ross (1825-1900)," Memorial #183504441, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183504441 (accessed March 19, 2020).

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