William R. Grigsby

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1797

Death Date

1887

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White

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"William R. Grigsby" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00010277, (accessed May 4, 2024).

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Nelson County, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Married to Martha A. Newman Grigsby in Spencer County on December 10, 1844. Father of Redmond T. Grigsby, Beverly P. Grigsby, S. Ella Grigsby, and William B. Grigsby. Attorney in Nelson County in 1850. Owned six enslaved persons in Nelson County in 1850. Attorney in Nelson County in 1860. Employed John Garvin as a laborer in Nelson County in 1860. Owned ten enslaved persons in Nelson County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 1, p. 282B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 1, p. 155.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 1, p. 197.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 1, p. 111B-112A.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States_ (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, Bardstown, p. 80B.
Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965 , Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Spencer County, December 10, 1844, Film #000482501, p. 328.

Find A Grave, "W. R. Grigsby (1797-1887)," Memorial 11727841024683039, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117278410 (accessed April 15, 2020).

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