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William D. Orear (Montgomery County, Kentucky, wagon maker)

b. 1827-01-16 d. 1899-04-15

Montgomery County, Kentucky, wagon maker. Kentucky native. Married to Selina Orear. Father of Carrie Orear, Albert Orear, and John Orear. Wagon marker in Montgomery County, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Montgomery County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, p. 245.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, p. 87A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, Camargo Precinct, p. 246B.

"William D Orear (1827-1899)," Find A Grave, Memorial 115086821, accessed September 30, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115086821.

Citation

Orear, William D.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32205189 (November 12, 2026).

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