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William Sisco (Nelson County, KY, carriage maker)

b. 1812-08-12 d. 1883-04-04

Nelson County, Kentucky, carriage maker. Maryland native. Married to Mary Heavenhill Sisco in Nelson County on December 19, 1850. Father of Charles Sisco, George Sisco, John Sisco, Nelly Sisco, and Braxton Sisco. Carriage maker in Nelson County in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in 1850. Carriage maker in Nelson County in 1860. Employed S. Shivley, P. Thompson, George Ash, and George Prunty as apprentice blacksmiths in Nelson County in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 1 p. 278A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 1, p. 151.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 1 p. 185.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 1, 110A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, Bardstown, p. 73A.

Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Film # 000481488, Nelson County, December 19, 1850.

Find A Grave, "William Sisco (1812-1883),” Memorial # 38983495, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38983495/william-sisco (accessed February 12, 2019).

Citation

Sisco, William. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32206439 (November 12, 2026).

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