Person

William F. White (Fayette County, Kentucky, merchant)

b. 1824?

Fayette County, Kentucky, hotel keeper and merchant. Kentucky native. Married Elizabeth Fox White in Madison County, Kentucky, on February 29, 1844. Father of Daniel White, Charles White, Nannie White, Amelia White, and James White. Hotel keeper in Richmond, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Richmond in 1850. Merchant in Lexington in 1860. Owned six enslaved persons in Lexington in 1860. Enrolled for military duty in Seventh District of Kentucky on July 1, 1863 (U.S.A).

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Richmond, p. 239.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, p. 4.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, p. 402.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, p. 451.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County, Kentucky, Madison County Marriages, Film #001944390, p.73.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Fayette County, KY, July 1863, p. 123, (Accessed via ancestry.com).

Citation

White, William F.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197399 (November 12, 2026).

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