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William S. Rankin (Grant County, KY, State Rep)

b. 1821-02-24 d. 1874-03-13

Grant County, Kentucky, attorney and politician. Kentucky native. Son of Thomas Rankin and Gertrude Burgess Rankin. Married to Laura McClure Rankin. Father of Kate Rankin, Rowan Rankin, and John McClure Rankin. Attorney in Grant County, Kentucky, in 1850. Census enumerator in Grant County in 1850. Master of the Grant Masonic Lodge No. 85 in Grant County in 1851. Attorney in Grant County in 1860. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Grant County from 1861 to 1863.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Town of Williamstown, p. 362.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Town of Williamstown, p. 184.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Scotts Precinct, p. 307B.

"An Act to Incorporate Grant Lodge, No. 85, of Free and Accepted Masons," Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky Passed at November Session, 1850, vol. 2 (Frankfort: A. G. Hodges & Co, State Printers, 1851), 396-97.

Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Covington, Ky.: Collins & Co., 1882), 291.

Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Louisville, KY, National 15378, State 828.

"William Stevenson Rankin (1821-1874)," Find A Grave, Memorial 154700058, accessed January 27, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154700058.

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Rankin, William S.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208284 (November 12, 2026).

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