Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Hopkins County, Kentucky, student and day laborer. Kentucky native. Son of Archibald Ligon and Susan Ligon. Student in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Day laborer in Madisonville in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 56A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 829.

Citation

Ligon, William A.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32206704 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
George W. Porter et al. to Beriah Magoffin

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