Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of James Spencer and Elizabeth Spencer. Married to Elizabeth F. Burroughs Spencer in Nicholas County on December 21, 1865. Farmer in Nicholas County in 1850. Farmer in Nicholas County in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 492A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 366.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Nicholas County Marriages, Film #000252393, p. 23-24.

Citation

Spencer, William. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201203 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
Owen Conway to Thomas E. Bramlette
1863-12-14

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