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William S. Ross (Union + Hopkins County farmer )

b. 1799-08-11 d. 1861-07-10

Union County and Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer. Maryland native. Married to Ellen D. Ross. Father of Mariam Ross, J. B. Ross, William S. Ross, M. A. Ross, William B. Ross, and Henrietta M. Ross. Farmer in Union County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Madisonville in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Madisonville in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, District 2, p. 484B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 833-34.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 221A.

"William Stuart Ross (1799-1861)," Find A Grave, Memorial #66833821, accessed August 5, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66833821.

Citation

Ross, William S.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201154 (November 12, 2026).

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