Person

Willis Lago (Woodford County, Kentucky, fugitive from the law)

b. 1820?

Woodford County, Kentucky, resident and fugitive from the law. Kentucky native. Resident of Woodford County, Kentucky, in 1860. Accused of assisting Charlotte, an enslaved person owned by C. W. Nuckols, to flee from her enslavement in 1860. Fugitive from Kentucky in 1861. Laborer in Kent, Canada West, in 1861.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
Black

Bibliography

1861 Census of Canada, Kent County, Canada West, p. 115 of 764 on microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com).

Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Iowa, Lee County, Keokuk, p. 349A.

1885 Iowa State Census Iowa, Lee county, Keokuk, p. 235 of 429 on microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com).

"Kentucky v. Dennison, 65 U.S. 66 (1861)", on Justia.com, https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/65/66/ (accessed on May 13, 2021).

KYR-0001-021-0023.

Citation

Lago, Willis. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202292 (November 12, 2026).

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