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William Mansfield Calvert (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier (CSA))

b. 1834-12-04 d. 1911-06-05

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of John S. Calvert and Fannie F. Calvert. Married to Orlena McNary Sigle Calvert in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on March 4, 1856. Father of John Calvert, Charlie Calvert, Cal Calvert, William F. Calvert, and Belle Calvert. Student in Caldwell County in 1850. Household owned four enslaved people in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860. Served in the 1st Battalion Kentucky Cavalry (C.S.A.) from September 8, 1862, October 18, 1864.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 285A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 817.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 62.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Farmersville, p. 425B.

Kentucky Confederate Pension Records (1912-1930), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Caldwell County Pensions, File No. 3589.

"William Mansfield "Wild Bill" Calvert (1834-1911)," Memorial #19025567, Find A Grave, accessed April 29, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19025567.

Citation

Calvert, William Mansfield. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204221 (November 12, 2026).

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