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William Henry Salyers (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace)

b. 1822-01-08 d. 1906-08-22

Scott County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Married to Charlotte Sanders Salyers in Scott County, Kentucky, on April 25, 1844. Father of Emily F. Salyers, Robert C. Salyers, Elizabeth Salyers, Rebecca Salyers, and Alice Salyers. Married to Nancy Anderson Salyers in Scott County, Kentucky, on January 7, 1863. Father of Arthur Payne Salyers. Farmer in Scott County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Scott County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Scott County in 1860. Appointed justice of the peace in Scott County on December 2, 1862. Farmer in Scott County in 1863.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 1 Eastport, p. 417A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 2, p. 812.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 2, p. 242B.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Scott County, KY, July 1863, p. 16.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994054, Scott County Marriages.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #27963.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Scott County Marriages, Film #005685959.

"William H. Salyers (1822-1906)," Find A Grave, Memorial #102178761, accessed December 30, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102178761.

KYR-0001-031-0074.

Citation

Salyers, William Henry. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197541 (November 12, 2026).

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