Person

William Claytor (Jefferson County, Kentucky, day watchman and policeman)

b. 1820? d. 1889-08-04

Jefferson County, Kentucky, day watchman and policeman. Ohio native. Married to Frances Claytor. Father of John Gleason, George Claytor, Edward Claytor, and Clementine Claytor. Night watchman in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1856. Day watchman in Jefferson County in 1860. Policeman in Jefferson County in 1862. Policeman in Jefferson County in 1865.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 686.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 11, p. 492B.

"Louisville Daily Courier, 1856-05-08, Official. Board of Alderman," newspapers.com, https://www.newspapers.com/image/119177885 (accessed June 15, 2021).

"Louisville Daily Journal, 1862-06-21, Official. Board of Alderman," newspapers.com, https://www.newspapers.com/image/591836567 (accessed June 15, 2021).

Edward's Annual Director to the Inhabitants. Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business, Business Firms, etc., etc., for the

City of Louisville, 1865-66, (Louisville, KY: Edwards, Greenough, and Deved, 1865), 247.

"Louisville Daily Courier, 1889-08-05, Death of William Claytor," newspapers.com, https://www.newspapers.com/image/32451543 (accessed June 15, 2021).

Citation

Claytor, William. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201670 (November 12, 2026).

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