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Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Vivion. Father of James H. Vivion, Nannie B. Vivion, Ben R. Vivion. Farmer in Mercer County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned eight enslaved persons in Mercer County in 1850. Farmer in Mercer County in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 1, p. 244A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 1, p. 861.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Mercer County p. 745.

Citation

Vivion, Wiliam. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203287 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
J. Donovan et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
1864-11-29

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