William J. Lisle

Birth Date

1837-08-11

Death Date

1911-06-29

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Marion County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Green County, Kentucky, native. Son of Thomas W. Lisle and Nancy Jane C. Tate Lisle. Married to Addie Lisle. Father of Nettie Lisle. Resident of Green County in 1850. Household owned fifteen enslaved persons in Green County in 1850. Attorney with James M. Fogle and Andrew Barnett in Marion County in 1860. Served in the 10th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as an adjutant and captain from November 21, 1861, to April 19, 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, p. 116B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, p. 196.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, District no. 2, p. 738.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, Lebanon, p. 52A.
Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #15956.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 806-08.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 935.
“William J. Lisle (1837-1911)," Find A Grave, Memorial #142640040, accessed October 29, 2020, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142640040.

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