Person

William Elbert Kilgore (Caldwell County, KY, farmer )

b. 1831?

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Samuel Kilgore and Jemima Kilgore. Farmer in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned two enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Farm laborer in Princeton in 1860. Household owned two enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1860.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, 379B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 802.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 54.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 221A.

Citation

Kilgore, William Elbert. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202832 (November 12, 2026).

The people, organizations, and places listed below appear in the same documents as William Elbert Kilgore (Caldwell County, KY, farmer ). 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 Kilgore, William Elbert. 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 Kilgore, William Elbert, a light orange dot to see the places connected to Kilgore, William Elbert, or dark green dots to see organizations linked to Kilgore, William Elbert.

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