Person

William Merideth (Edmonson County, KY, sheriff)

b. 1831-04-09 d. 1888-09-03

Edmonson County, Kentucky, sheriff. Kentucky native. Son of John Merideth and Celia Merideth. Married to Sarah Ann Rhodes Merideth in Edmonson County, Kentucky, in July 1855. Father of Beverly M. Merideth, Jeff D. Merideth, and Amos Merideth. Laborer in Edmonson County in 1850. Sheriff in Edmonson County in 1860 and 1861.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Edmonson County, p. 43B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Edmonson County, p. 14.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, Lucus, p. 232B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky,

Edmonson County Marriages, Film 000367221, p. 129.

"William Scott Merideth (1831-1888)," Find A Grave, Memorial 71448427, accessed March 3, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71448427.

KYR-0001-029-0177

Citation

Merideth, William. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204944 (November 12, 2026).

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