Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Bullitt County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Nancy F. Phelps. Farmer in Bullitt County, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Bullitt County in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bullitt County, District 1, p. 690.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bullitt County, District 1, p. 194A.

Citation

Phelps, Westly. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32206302 (November 12, 2026).

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Correspondence
William R. Thompson to Thomas E. Bramlette
1864-05-28

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