William Sears

Birth Date

1823-09-04

Death Date

1898-12-24

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Whitley County, Kentucky, farmer, boat builder, and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Melvina Jane Early Sears in Whitley County, Kentucky, on August 9, 1848. Father of Mary Sears. Married to Mary Pemberton in Whitley County on December 24, 1860. Farmer in Whitley County in 1850. Boat builder in Whitley County in 1860. Served in the 7th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a captain from September 22, 1861, to August 5, 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Whitley County, District 2, p. 404B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Whitley County, Williamsburg, p. 673.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Whitley County, Wats Creek, p. 390B.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Whitley County Marriages, Film #000532640, p. 186.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Whitley County Marriages, Film #000532098, p. 86.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0217.
Find A Grave, "William W Sears (1823-1898)," Memorial #29350931, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29350931 (accessed August 13, 2020).

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