William H. Burns

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1816-07-12

Death Date

1884

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White

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"William H. Burns" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00012336, (accessed November 5, 2024).

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Morgan County, Kentucky, judge. Virginia native. Married to Mary M. Burns. Father of Harrison Burns, Wallace Burns, Oliver Burns, and Ann Burns. Attorney in Morgan County in 1850. Owned nine enslaved persons in Morgan County in 1850. Judge in the 11th Judicial District of Kentucky in 1860. Owned eleven enslaved persons in Morgan County in 1860. Judge in Kentucky in 1861.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Morgan County, p. 174A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Morgan County, p. 2.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Morgan County, District 1, p. 554.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Morgan County, District 1, p. 90A.
Find A Grave, "William Harvey Burns (1816-1884)," Memorial 70070054, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70070054 (accessed March 23, 2020).
KYR-0001-020-1429.

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