William S. Ross

Birth Date

1799-08-11

Death Date

1861-07-10

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Union County and Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer. Maryland native. Married to Ellen D. Ross. Father of Mariam Ross, J. B. Ross, William S. Ross, M. A. Ross, William B. Ross, and Henrietta M. Ross. Farmer in Union County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Madisonville in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Madisonville in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, District 2, p. 484B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 833-34.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 221A.
"William Stuart Ross (1799-1861)," Find A Grave, Memorial #66833821, accessed August 5, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66833821.

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