Person

William T. Purdy (Marion County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1823 d. 1907

Marion County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Martha J. McAllister Purdy. Father of Richard Purdy, Leonard Purdy, Kittie Purdy, Logan Purdy, Samuel Purdy, Thompson Purdy, George L. Purdy, and Lydia E. Purdy. Farmer in Marion County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Marion County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Marion County in 1860. Farmer in Marion County in 1863.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, District 1, p. 346 B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, District 2, p. 652.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, District 2, p. 491B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, Bradfordsville, p. 8B.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994047, Marion County Births, p. 3.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Marion County, KY, September 1863, p. 150.

"William Thompson Purdy (1823-1907)," Find A Grave, Memorial #23769806, accessed December 16, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23769806.

Citation

Purdy, William T.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207710 (November 12, 2026).

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