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William Thomas McClary (Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier.)

b. 1841?

Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Robert McClary and Fanny Summer McClary. Stepson of Margaret Lockridge McClary. Married to Armilda McVey McClary in Nicholas County, Kentucky, on September 19, 1861. Father of M.S. McClary and R.P. McClary. Resident of Nicholas County in 1850. Household owned one enslaved person in Nicholas County in 1850. Farmer in Nicholas County in 1860. Household owned three enslaved persons in Nicholas County in 1860. Served in the 14th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from November 6, 1862, to September 16, 1863. Captured and paroled n Montgomery County, Kentucky, on March 22, 1863.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 463B.

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

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 306.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 138A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, Precinct 6, p. 295A.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0131.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Nicholas County Marriages, Film 000252392.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Nicholas County Marriages, Film 000252407.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Nicholas County Marriages, Film 000252411.

Citation

McClary, William Thomas. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203785 (November 12, 2026).

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