Person

William McClanahan (Madison County, Kentucky, merchant)

b. 1789?

Madison County, Kentucky, merchant. Kentucky native. Married to Peggy Hunts McClanahan in Madison County, Kentucky, on November 12, 1801. Married to Amelia Irvine McClanahan in Madison County on September 19, 1811. Father of Elizabeth McClanahan Stone, Margaret McClanahan Turner, Amelia McClanahan Stonestreet, Irvine McClanahan, Thomas Ezekiel McClanahan, Anna McClanahan, and Willis McClanahan. Resident in Madison County in 1820. Owned five enslaved persons in Madison County in 1820. Resident in Madison County in 1830. Owned nine enslaved persons in Madison County in 1830. Merchant in Madison County in 1850. Owned ten enslaved persons in Madison County in 1850.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Fourth Manuscript Census of the United States (1820), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Richmond, p. 178.

Fifth Manuscript Census of the United States (1830), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Richmond, p. 172.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, District 1, p. 214A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Richmond.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Madison County Marriages, Film #000183302, p. 12.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Madison County Marriages, Film #000183302, p. 56.

John Hugh McDowell, History of the McDowells, Erwins, Irwins and Connections (Memphis, TN: C. B. Johnston & Co., 1918) 177.

Citation

McClanahan, William. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200076 (November 12, 2026).

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