William C. D. Whips

Birth Date

1831

Death Date

1896-08-28

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Louisville, Kentucky, stable keeper and hostel proprietor. Louisville, Kentucky, native. Stable keeper in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1850. Marshal of the Louisville Chancery Court in Louisville in 1860. Owned nine enslaved people in Louisville in 1860. Resident of New York City, New York, in 1865. Charged with aiding the rebellion and being a member of the "Sons of Liberty" in 1865. Pardoned by President Andrew Johnson for aiding the rebellion on August 8, 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, 2nd District City of Louisville, p. 249A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, 4th Ward City of Louisville, p. 48.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, 4th Ward City of Louisville, p. 2 A.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, 8th Ward City of Louisville, p. 81A.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1965), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Film 7007129, Jefferson County Deaths, p. 184.
Confederate Applications for Pardon and Amnesty, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M1003, Roll #0026.
Pardons Under Amnesty Proclamations (1865-1869), NARA RG 59, p. 617
"William C. D. Whips (1831-1894)," Find A Grave, Memorial #131719187, accessed June 9, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131719187.

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