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William Gardiner (Nelson County, Kentucky, merchant)

b. 1815-01-15 d. 1864-06-26

Nelson County, Kentucky, merchant. Kentucky native. Married to Matilda Bell Gardiner in Nelson County on August 8, 1841. Father of Ann Gardiner, James Gardiner, Sarah E. Gardiner, Kate Gardiner, and Stephen Gardiner. Merchant in Nelson County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Nelson County in 1850. Merchant in Nelson County in 1860. Employed James Gardiner as a clerk in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 1, p. 287A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 1, p. 7.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 1, p. 258.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Nelson County Marriages, 1839-1845, Film #000481507, p. 86 of 626 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com).

Find A Grave, “William H. Gardiner (1815-1864)," Memorial # 5431436, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5431436/william-h-gardiner (accessed November 30, 2020).

Citation

Gardiner, William. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32198162 (November 12, 2026).

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