Person

Willis McCandless (Metcalfe County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier)

b. 1831?

Metcalfe County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of John McCandless and Margaret McCandless. Married to Polly Elliott. Father of [Unknown] McCandless. Farmer in Barren County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Metcalfe County in 1860. Served in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from December 30, 1861 to January 12, 1865. Wounded in battle in Tennessee in November 1863.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, Division 2, p. 486A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Metcalfe County, p. 902-3.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0266.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994027, Barren County Births, p. 11.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 861.

KYR-0001-003-0014.

Citation

McCandless, Willis. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202035 (November 12, 2026).

The people, organizations, and places listed below appear in the same documents as Willis McCandless (Metcalfe County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier). They are sorted by the number of documents they share.

Documents (1)

People

Organizations

Places

Loading network...

Network Visualized

How to use the visualization

CWGK’s network visualization brings the edition’s documents to life. The network on this page centers around McCandless, Willis. Click on the light blue dot to see the documents in which the entity appears. You can also click on the dark orange dots to see other people linked to McCandless, Willis, a light orange dot to see the places connected to McCandless, Willis, or dark green dots to see organizations linked to McCandless, Willis.

Additionally, the lines between the dots add additional information. The light green lines demonstrate direct connections between McCandless, Willis and another person, place, or organization. The light pink lines highlight that the dots appear in the same document.