Woods Caperton

Birth Date

1820

Death Date

1860

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Son of William H. Caperton and Eliza Caperton. Attorney in Richmond in 1850. Attorney in Richmond in 1860. Murdered in Richmond by Frank Searcy on or about November 7, 1860.

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. Find A Grave, "Woods Caperton (1820-1860)," Memorial #25965823, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25965823 (accessed March 25, 2020).

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