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Willis Field (Daviess County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1814? d. 1862-11-29

Daviess County, Kentucky, farmer. Daviess County, Kentucky, native. Married to Louisa B. McFarland Field. Father of Albert Field, Darius Field, Virgil Field, Beatrice M. Field, Jane I. Field, Walker Field, Robert Field, Ben Field, Weng Field, Ida Field, and Phoebe Field. Farmer in Daviess County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned fourteen enslaved persons in Daviess County in 1850. Farmer in Daviess County in 1860. Owned twenty enslaved persons (including Elliot) in Daviess County in 1860. Killed by Elliot in 1862.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Daviess County, District 2, p. 453B-454A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Daviess County, District 2, p. 423.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Daviess County, District 2, p. 840.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Daviess County, District 2, p. 388A.

Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911), KDLA, Roll #994033, Daviess County Birth, p. 6 of 9 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com).

"Brutal Murder," The Evansville Daily Journal, (Evansville, Indiana), December 3, 1862, p. 2.

Citation

Field, Willis. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32198907 (November 12, 2026).

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