Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

Person

William Wadlington, Sr. (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1783?

About

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. North Carolina native. Father of Thomas B. Wadlington, Pernicia U. Wadlington Miller, Charles W. Wadlington, William J. Wadlington, and Margaret Wadlington. Resident of Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1820. Owned six enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1820. Resident of Caldwell County in 1830. Resident of Caldwell County in 1840. Owned thirteen enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1840. Owned six enslaved persons (Matison, Albert, Henry, Hampton, Dick, and Jim) in Caldwell County in 1847. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860. Owned thirty-eight enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Fourth Manuscript Census of the United States (1820), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, p. 44.

Fifth Manuscript Census of the United States (1830), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, p. 141.

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, p. 5.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 345B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 56.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 221A.

Christopher Waldrep, "Opportunity on the Frontier South of the Green," The Buzzel About Kentuck: Settling the Promised Land, Craig Thompson Friend, ed. (Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1999), 161.

Citation

Wadlington, William, Sr.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32198140 (November 12, 2026).

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Documents (8)

Correspondence
Alexander T. McElroy to Beriah Magoffin
1861-01-28
Legal/Financial
Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Thomas B. Wadlington, Transcript
1860-12-18
Correspondence
George W. Noel and Joseph Fuquay to Hiram H. Smith
1861-02-01
Correspondence
James P. McGoodwin and Will H. Miller to Beriah Magoffin
1861-02-21
Correspondence
William Bradley to Beriah Magoffin
1861-01-23
Correspondence
William H. Miller to Beriah Magoffin
1862-08-19
Correspondence
William N. Gaither to Beriah Magoffin
1861-01-31
Legal/Financial
William Wadlington, Affidavit
1861-02-04

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