William Claytor

Birth Date

c1820

Death Date

1889-08-04

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Jefferson County, Kentucky, day watchman and policeman. Ohio native. Married to Frances Claytor. Father of John Gleason, George Claytor, Edward Claytor, and Clementine Claytor. Night watchman in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1856. Day watchman in Jefferson County in 1860. Policeman in Jefferson County in 1862. Policeman in Jefferson County in 1865.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 686.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 11, p. 492B.
"Louisville Daily Courier, 1856-05-08, Official. Board of Alderman," newspapers.com, https://www.newspapers.com/image/119177885 (accessed June 15, 2021).
"Louisville Daily Journal, 1862-06-21, Official. Board of Alderman," newspapers.com, https://www.newspapers.com/image/591836567 (accessed June 15, 2021).
Edward's Annual Director to the Inhabitants. Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business, Business Firms, etc., etc., for the
City of Louisville, 1865-66, (Louisville, KY: Edwards, Greenough, and Deved, 1865), 247.
"Louisville Daily Courier, 1889-08-05, Death of William Claytor," newspapers.com, https://www.newspapers.com/image/32451543 (accessed June 15, 2021).

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