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William S. D. Megowan (Louisville, Kentucky, clerk, sheriff, and major (U.S.A))

b. 1815? d. 1873-02-07

Louisville, Kentucky, sheriff and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah A. Price Megowan. Father of Warner Megowan, Edward W. Megowan, Franklin Megowan, and Sarah Megowan. United States Postmaster in Warren County, Kentucky, in 1845. Clerk in Warren County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Warren County in 1850. Served in the Falls City Guards as first lieutenant in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1858. Sheriff in Louisville in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Louisville in 1860. Sheriff in Louisville in 1861. Served in the 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry (U.S.A.) as a major from December 13, 1861, to August 31, 1862. Auctioneer in Louisville in 1865.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 1, p. 35B.

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

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 3, p. 323.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 6, p. 279A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 10, p. 362B.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 10416.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994041, Jefferson County Deaths.

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Jefferson County, Kentucky, vol. 14, p. 735.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0032.

U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Roll 321, Application 282917, Certificate 201977.

Louisville City Directory and Business Mirror for 1858-9, (Louisville: Hurd & Burrows, 1859), 313.

Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 170.

Edwards' Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville, For 1865-6 (Louisville: Edwards, Greenough & Deved, 1866), 436.

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Megowan, William S. D.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203497 (November 12, 2026).

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