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William Butcher (Johnson County, farmer and pvt 65th KY Inf USA)

b. 1825?

Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Virginia native. Son of Jacob Butcher. Father of Amanda Butcher. Married to Mary Well Butcher on February 1, 1845. Father of Lewis Butcher, Simon P. Butcher, Marcus L. Butcher, Henry M. Butcher, James Stewart Butcher, and Richard Butcher. Farmer in Johnson County 1850. Farmer in Johnson County in 1860. Served in the 65th Regiment of Kentucky Militia (U.S.A.) as a private from May 21, 1864, to June 21, 1864.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, p. 117B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, p. 27.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, John’s Creek, p. 2.

Kentucky Marriage Records , Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, County Marriages, Film #001912950, p. 124.

_Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 896.

Citation

Butcher, William. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32206953 (November 12, 2026).

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