Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Person County, North Carolina, and Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer. North Carolina native. Son of Richard M. Whitfield and Susannah Whitfield. Married to Elizabeth Whitfield. Father of Rosa Whitfield, Preston L. Whitfield, John Whitfield, Sarah Whitfield, and William Whtifield. Farmhand in Person County, North Carolina, in 1850. Farm laborer in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, North Carolina, Person County, p. 428A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 652-53.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Fisher Spring, p. 114B.

Citation

Whitfield, William F.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32206070 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
George W. Porter et al. to Beriah Magoffin

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