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Miles S. Wigglesworth (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace.)

b. 1798? d. 1880

Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. Virginia native. Married to Permelia Cason Wigglesworth. Father of Ferdinand Wigglesworth. Farmer in Harrison County in 1850. Owned six enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1850. Owned Harriet [Unknown] and Eveline [Unknown] in Harrison County in 1856. Justice of the peace in Harrison County in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District No. 2, p. 203.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District No. 2, p. 6.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, Cynthiana, p. 577.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, Cynthiana, p. 121B.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994037, Harrison County Births.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965_, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #21891.

Citation

Wigglesworth, Miles S.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207427 (January 24, 2026).

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