Person

David Witt (Estill County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1800?

Estill County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Nancy Witt. Father of William M. Witt, Henry G. Witt, and David Witt. Farmer in Estill County in 1850 and 1860. Owned nine enslaved persons in 1850 and eleven in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Estill County, p. 108. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Estill County, p. 792. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Estill County, p. 103. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Estill County, p. 6. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Estill County, Crooked Creek, p. 16.

Citation

Witt, David. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201640 (November 12, 2026).

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