Person

William Ward (Morgan County, KY, merchant and jailer)

b. 1824?

Morgan County, Kentucky, merchant and jailer. Kentucky native. Married to Phebe Jane Nickell Ward in Morgan County, Kentucky, on February 22, 1849. Father of Mary Ward and Minnie Ward. Merchant in Morgan County in 1850. Merchant and jailer in Morgan County in 1860.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Morgan County.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Morgan County, District 1, p. 107.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Morgan County, West Liberty, p. 2.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Morgan County Marriages, Film #000839918, p. 95-96.

Citation

Ward, William. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32198497 (November 12, 2026).

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