Person

William P. Nichols (Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, carpenter.)

b. 1822? d. 1892-10

Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, carpenter. Kentucky native. Son of E. Nichols and Sidney Nichols. Married to Harriet Nichols. Father of Mollie Nichols and Kate Nichols. Carpenter in Fayette County in 1850. Carpenter in Lexington in 1860. Carpenter in Fayette County in 1863.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 221B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 2, p. 430.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Fayette County, KY, June and July 1863, p. 17.

"Death of William P. Nichols," Lexington Herald-Leader (Lexington, KY), October 26, 1892, p. 4.

Citation

Nichols, William P.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202379 (November 12, 2026).

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