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John W. Pursley (Trigg County, Kentucky, resident.)

b. 1843-10-21 d. 1937-04-13

Trigg County, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Son of Richard M. Pursley and Louisiana Pursley. Resident of Trigg County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned one enslaved person in Trigg County in 1850. Attended school in Trigg County in 1860. Household owned two enslaved persons in Trigg County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, District 1, p. 293B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, District 1.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, Cadiz, p. 191.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, Cadiz, p. 392B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, Wallonia Precinct, p. 170A.

"J.W. Pursley, 94, Dies at Home in Hopkinsville," The Owensboro Messenger (Owensboro, KY), April 14, 1937, p. 10.

"John William Pursley (1843-1937)," Find A Grave, Memorial 89559123, accessed May 19, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89559123.

Citation

Pursley, John W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32196867 (November 12, 2026).

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