Person

William L. Grainger (Logan County and Hopkins County, Ky, tailor and saw miller)

b. 1825-08-25 d. 1890-12-04

Logan County and Hopkins County, Kentucky, tailor and saw miller. Tennessee native. Married to Sarah V. Jones Grainger in Robertson County, Tennessee, on March 10, 1848. Father of Mary Grainger, John W. Grainger, Silla V. Grainger, and Willie N. Grainger. Tailor in Logan County, Kentucky, in 1850. Saw miller in Hopkins County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District 2, p. 92A-B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 810.

Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, Robertson County Marriages, 1859-1868.

"W. L. Grainger (1825-1890)," Find A Grave, Memorial #144532011, accessed October 14, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144532011.

Citation

Grainger, William L.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32198002 (November 12, 2026).

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