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Joseph McClair Wilson (Hancock County, Kentucky, druggist and justice of the peace )

b. 1835?

Hancock County, Kentucky, druggist and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Son of Robert J. Wilson and Sarah Wilson. Married to Sallie G. Holmes Wilson in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on September 19, 1861. Father of Gardner Holmes Wilson and Robert J. Wilson. Attended school in Hancock County, Kentucky, in 1850. Druggist in Hancock County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Hancock County in 1860. Justice of the Peace in Hancock County in 1862.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 269B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 1047.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 88A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marshall County, Birmingham, p. 249B.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #21638.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #000819614.

KYR-0001-031-0044.

Citation

Wilson, Joseph McClair. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199718 (November 12, 2026).

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