Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Bath County, Kentucky, Farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Jane Elizabeth Roosh Whaley. Father of William Whaley, Emily Whaley, Fannie Whaley, Mary Virginia Whaley, Benjamin Franklin Whaley, Braxton B. Whaley, and Emrada Whaley. Farmer in Bath County in 1850. Owned eight enslaved persons in Bath County in 1850. Owned Allace [Unknown] and Mary C. [Unknown] in Bath County in 1857. Farmer in Bath County in 1860. Owned fourteen enslaved person in Bath County in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, District 1, p. 106B.

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

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, p. 84.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, p. 10.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, Sharpsburg, p. 85B.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994028, Bath County Births.

Citation

Whaley, Benjamin. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32206546 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
William Peck et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette

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