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William A. Buster (Wayne County, Kentucky, gentleman)

b. 1827?

Wayne County, Kentucky, gentleman and farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Joshua Buster and Lauretta Buster. Household owned eleven enslaved persons in Wayne County in 1850. Gentleman in Wayne County in 1860. Household owned seven enslaved persons in Wayne County in 1860. Farmer in Wayne County in 1863.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Wayne County, Monticello, p. 230.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Wayne County, District 1, p. 33B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Wayne County, Division 1, p. 579.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Wayne County, p. 473A.
Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Wayne County, KY, October 1863, p. 51 (Accessed via ancestry.com).

Citation

Buster, William A.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208221 (November 12, 2026).

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