William Bruce (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, farmer)
b. 1804?
Breckinridge County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth A. Bruce. Father of Emily J. Bruce, Mary E. Bruce, Sally A. Bruce, Martha M. Bruce, James M. Bruce, William W. R. Bruce, E. Clifton Bruce, and Eliza S. Bruce. Farmer in Breckinridge County in 1850 and 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in 1850.
Bibliography
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge County, District No. 2, p. 146B-147A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge County, District No. 2, p. 708 Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge County, District No. 2, p. 140-41.
Citation
Bruce, William. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32198334 (November 12, 2026).
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