William J. Ashcroft

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c1828

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"William J. Ashcroft" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00011183, (accessed December 22, 2024).

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Irvine, Estill County, Kentucky, farmer, carpenter, and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Gideon Ashcroft and Nancy Ashcroft. Married Julia Ann Webb Ashcroft in Estill County on April 15, 1855. Farmer in Estill County in 1850. Carpenter in Estill County in 1860. Served in the 18th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment as a private.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Estill County, p. 106B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Estill County, p. 141. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994027-994058, Estill County Marriages, p. 8 of 18 on microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com). Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 11. KYR-0002-222-0130.

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