William P. Crosthwait

Birth Date

1814-10-20

Death Date

1887-05-24

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Son of William Crosthwait. Married to Jane Faulconer Crosthwait in Harrison County, Kentucky, in September 1834. Father of Louisa Crosthwait, Mary E. Crosthwait, William T. Crosthwait, and Susan A. Crosthwait. Married to Emily Hutcherson Crosthwait in Harrison County on July 11, 1842. Father of Sarah F. Crosthwait, Elizabeth J. Crosthwait, Lizaett Croswthwait, John P. Crosthwait, James M. Crosthwait, and Henry F. Crosthwait. Married to Maria Trimble Crosthwait in Harrison County on October 18, 1860. Father of Lewis E. Crosthwait and Maggie M. Crosthwait. Farmer in Harrison County, Kentucky, in 1850. Employed Richard Perkins and Alfred Perkins as laborers in Harrison County in 1850. Justice of the peace in Harrison County from 1859 to 1861. Farmer in Harrison County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1860. Employed John Perkins as a farmhand in Harrison County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 150 A
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 530.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, City/District, p. 116 A-B.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, Cutland, p. 238 B.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Harrison County Marriages, Film #000216884.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Harrison County Marriages, Film #000216896.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994037, Harrison County Marriages, p. 206.
Davis County, Kentucky, Register of Death, Beard’s Presbyterian Church, Church Registers, Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA, p. 132.
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison, and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. William Henry Perrin (Chicago: O.L . Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, 1882.) 708-709.

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