Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Nelson County, Kentucky, laborer. Kentucky native. Son of John Burns and M. Burns. Resident of Nelson County in 1850. Laborer in Nelson County in 1859. Died from stabbing in Nelson County in August 1859.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 1, p. 326A.

Federal Mortality Census Schedules, 1850-1880, (1860), Kentucky, Nelson County, District 2, p. 493.

Citation

Burns, William. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208087 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
John C. Wickliffe et al. to Beriah Magoffin

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