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William W. Harper (Woodford County petitioner)

b. 1841?

Woodford County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Joseph W. Harper and Elizabeth J. Harper. Married Elizabeth T. Norwood Harper in Woodford County on January 20, 1863. Resident of Woodford County in 1850. Farmer in Woodford County in 1860. Provost Marshal and recruiting officer in Midway during the Civil War.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, District 1, p. 444B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, p. 102.

Marriage Records. Kentucky Marriages (Richmond, KY: Madison County Courthouse), Film 000252336.

KYR-0001-004-0182.

Citation

Harper, William W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197673 (November 12, 2026).

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