Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Rebecca Wilson. Father of Sarah E. Wilson and James W. Wilson. Farmer in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Hopkins County in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 111B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 801.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 218A.

Citation

Wilson, George W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204979 (November 12, 2026).

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George W. Porter et al. to Beriah Magoffin

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