Person

William Henry Scott (Christian County, KY, merchant and trader)

b. 1818?

Christian County, Kentucky, merchant and trader. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Jane Greenfield Scott in Christian County, Kentucky, on November 2, 1841. Father of Burgess Henry Scott, William D. Scott, Mary F. "Fanny" Scott, Sarah "Sally" R. Scott, Walter G. Scott, Bell Scott, Mary Scott, Harry Scott, and Baley Scott. Merchant in Hopkins County in 1850. Trader in Christian County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 50B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 682.

Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Christian County Marriages, 1818-1887, Film #001942963.

"W. H. Scott (1818-1876)," Find A Grave, Memorial #125047535, accessed February 15, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125047535.

Citation

Scott, William Henry. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32206421 (November 12, 2026).

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