William Mansfield Calvert

Birth Date

1834-12-04

Death Date

1911-06-05

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of John S. Calvert and Fannie F. Calvert. Married to Orlena McNary Sigle Calvert in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on March 4, 1856. Father of John Calvert, Charlie Calvert, Cal Calvert, William F. Calvert, and Belle Calvert. Student in Caldwell County in 1850. Household owned four enslaved people in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860. Served in the 1st Battalion Kentucky Cavalry (C.S.A.) from September 8, 1862, October 18, 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 285A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 817.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 62.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Farmersville, p. 425B.
Kentucky Confederate Pension Records (1912-1930), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Caldwell County Pensions, File No. 3589.
"William Mansfield "Wild Bill" Calvert (1834-1911)," Memorial #19025567, Find A Grave, accessed April 29, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19025567.

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