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William H. Ritchey (Owen County, KY, trader and soldier - 11th Ky Cav)

b. 1836-12-03 d. 1907-04-05

Owen County, Kentucky, trader and soldier. Owen County, Kentucky, native. Son of Thomas H. Ritchey and Irene Todd Ritchey. Attended school in Owen County in 1850. Household owned ten enslaved persons in Owen County in 1850. Trader in Owen County in 1860. Household owned ten enslaved persons in Owen County in 1860. Served in the 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a second lieutenant and first lieutenant from January 25, 1864, to August 23, 1865.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owen County, District 1, p. 230A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Owen County, District 1, p. 2.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owen County, District 2, p. 231.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Owen County, District 2, p. 183A.

W. H. Perrin, J. H. Battle, and G. C. Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State, 8th ed. (Louisville and Chicago: F. A. Battey and Company, 1888), 874.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 111.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 308.

Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport (before 1911), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 7007130, Jefferson County Deaths, p. 243.

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Ritchey, William H.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32206075 (November 12, 2026).

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