Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Greenup County, Kentucky, farm laborer. Virginia native. Married to Margaret Pickens. Father of Moses Pickens, Elizabeth Pickens, Jane Pickens, Robert J. Pickens, Sophia Pickens and Nancy M. Pickens. Farmer in Greenup County in 1850. Farm laborer in Greenup County in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Greenup County, District 1, p. 225. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Greenup County, p. 111. KYR-0001-029-0583.

Citation

Pickens, William. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32196905 (November 12, 2026).

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Hugh Craycraft et al. to James F. Robinson

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