William Rankin

Birth Date

c1795

Death Date

c1871

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Frances Gwatkin Rankin. Father of Adam Rankin, Gwatkin Rankin, and Juliet S. Rankin. Farmer in Henderson County in 1850. Owned twelve enslaved persons in Henderson County in 1850, including five listed as fugitive slaves. Farmer in Henderson County in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Henderson County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 1, p. 270B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States(1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 1.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division 1, p. 21.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 1, p. 28.
Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #13777.
Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Henderson County Administrators Bonds,1871-1909, p. 38.

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