Person

William Ross (Gallatin County, Kentucky, laborer and fugitive from justice.)

b. 1829?

Boone County, Kentucky, laborer and fugitive from justice. Married to Margaret Julia Black Ross in Boone County, Kentucky, on January 5, 1854. Father of Mitchell H. Ross. Laborer in Boone County in 1850. Resident of Gallatin County in 1859. Shot William H. Kelly in Gallatin County on July 6, 1859. Indicted for the murder of William H. Kelly by the Gallatin Circuit Court. Escaped from the Gallatin County Jail on March 1, 1860. Arrested near the Virginia border in 1860. Escaped from the Gallatin County Jail on September 12, 1860. Fugitive from justice in Missouri in 1864.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boone County, District 2, p. 148A.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994028, Boone County Births.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Boone County Marriages, Film 000523724.

"Another Cold Blooded Murder," Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, KY), July 9, 1859, p. 1.

"Warsaw Jail Broken Open," Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, KY), March 5, 1860, p. 1.

"Second Escape of a Murderer," Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, KY), September 17, 1860, p. 1.

KYR-0001-006-0024.

KYR-0001-006-0026.

KYR-0001-021-0048.

Citation

Ross, William. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32205427 (November 12, 2026).

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