Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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William W. Gentry (Webster Co., KY, JP & Farmer)

b. 1818-03-10 d. 1878-12-29

About

Webster County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. North Carolina native. Married to Martha Gentry. Father of James A. Gentry, Moses J. Gentry, William H. Gentry, Yancey W. Gentry, Elean Gentry, Albert J. Gentry, and John W. Gentry. Farmer in Person County, North Carolina, in 1850. Farmer in Webster County in 1860. Farmer in Webster County in 1863. Justice of the peace in Webster County in 1863. Master freemason at Carlow Lodge No. 314 in Webster County.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, North Carolina, Person County, p. 475A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 138.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Webster County, KY, June 1863, p. 8.

Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, at a Grand Annual Communication, in the City of Louisville, (Frankfort, KY: Frankfort Commonwealth, Printer, 1867), 323.

"William W. Gentry (1818-1878)," Find A Grave, Memorial #74824870, accessed August 18, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74824870.

KYR-0001-004-0137.

Citation

Gentry, William W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203941 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
Hiram H. Smith et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
1863-10-19
Petition
Z. W. Brooks et al. to Beriah Magoffin

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