Person

John W. Simpson (Nelson County, Kentucky, carpenter.)

b. 1839?

Nelson County, Kentucky, carpenter. Kentucky native. Son of Henry H. Simpson and Frances E. Simpson. Student in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1850. Carpenter in Nelson County in 1860.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville District 2, p. 179B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 1, p. 255.

Citation

Simpson, John W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204366 (November 12, 2026).

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