Person

William R. Mason (Judge of the Hancock County, KY, Court)

b. 1791-02-09 d. 1861-12-18

Hawesville, Kentucky, judge and sheriff. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Henderson Mason. Sheriff of Hancock County, Kentucky, in 1849. Judge in Hawesville, Hancock County, in 1860. Owned nine enslaved persons in Hancock County in 1860. Judge of the Hancock County Court in Hancock County in 1861.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 134.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 11.

Reports Communicated to Both Branches of the Legislature of Kentucky, at the December Session, 1849 (Frankfort, Ky.: A. G. Hodges & Co.–State Printers, 149), 162.

"William R. Mason (1791-1861)," Find A Grave, Memorial 89301020, accessed April 5, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89301020.

KYR-0002-022-0048.

Citation

Mason, William R.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32205873 (November 12, 2026).

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