Person

William S. Ware (Ballard County, Kentucky, farmer, hotel keeper, and police judge)

b. 1820?

Ballard County, Kentucky, farmer, hotel keeper, and police judge. Virginia native. Married to Susan E. Ware Ware in Christian County, Kentucky, on January 6, 1842. Father of Georgette Ware, J. Leslie Ware, Walter Ware, and Thompson P. Ware. Farmer in Christian County in 1850. Hotel keeper in Blandville in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Blandville in 1860. Police judge in Blandville in 1861.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 2, p. 393A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ballard County, Blandville, p. 564-565.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Ballard County, Blandville, p. 34A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Christian County Marriages, Film #994031, p. 28.

KYR-0001-017-0143.

Citation

Ware, William S.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199943 (November 12, 2026).

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