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John S. Wilson (Marion County, Kentucky, farmer and captain 1st Reg Ky Militia)

b. 1804?

Marion County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Mary "Polly" Cabell Wilson in Casey County, Kentucky, on February 16, 1837. Father of Elizabeth A. Wilson, John Wilson, Sarah Wilson, Roann Wilson, James Wilson, Anna Wilson, and William Wilson. Farmer in Casey County in 1850. Owned five enslaved persons in Casey County in 1850. Farmer in Marion County in 1860. Served in the 1st Regiment of Kentucky Militia as captain in February 1864.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Casey County, District 2, p. 311A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Casey County, District 2, p. 2.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, Bradfordsville, District 2, p. 688.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Casey County, Liberty, p. 244A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Casey County Marriages, Film #000591587, p. 497.

KYR-0002-079-0013.

Citation

Wilson, John S.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208255 (November 12, 2026).

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