Person

William M. Starks (Calloway County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1809?

Calloway County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Lucy Gibson Starks on in Todd County, Kentucky, August 28, 1837. Father of R. Starks, J. F. Starks, and Howell Starks. Married to Eliza Smith Starks in Calloway County on March 19, 1845. Father of Edmund Starks and E. A. Starks. Step father to J. Smith, J. Smith, A. Smith, and E. Smith. Farmer in Calloway County in 1850. Owned six enslaved persons in Calloway County in 1850. Farmer in Calloway County in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Calloway County in 1860.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Calloway County, District 1, p. 484A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Calloway County, District 1.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Calloway County, p. 220.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Calloway County, p. 229A.

Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954, Genealogical Society of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, UT, Todd County Marriages, Film 000367186.

Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954, Genealogical Society of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, UT, Calloway County Marriages, Film 001942719.

Citation

Starks, William M.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202003 (November 12, 2026).

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