Person

William B. Head (Oldham County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1837?

Oldham County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Richard C. Head and Eleanor Head. Married to Lucy Hitt Head in Oldham County, Kentucky, on April 14, 1859. Father of Richard Head and Eliza Head. Resident in Oldham County in 1850. Household owned five enslaved persons in Oldham County in 1850. Farmer in Oldham County in 1863.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Oldham County, Division 1, p. 143B.

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

Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Oldham County, Le Grange, p. 9A.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Oldham County, KY, July 1863.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Oldham County Marriages, Film 000482450.

Citation

Head, William B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32206644 (November 12, 2026).

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