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Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of William McElroy and Catherine McElroy. Married to Dicy H. D. Young McElroy in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on April 3, 1848. Father of Nancy McElroy, Robert McElroy, Buenavista McElroy, James McElroy, and Thomas McElroy. Laborer in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860. Owned nine enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1860.

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Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 313B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Fredonia, p. 161.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Fredonia, p. 211A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film #000851644, p. 269.

Citation

McElroy, William B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32206135 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
T. W. Pickering et al. to Beriah Magoffin
1861-01-21

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