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William B. Wadlington (Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer and 1st lieut 48th Ky Inf USA)

b. 1826?

Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Margaret Jane Holmes Wadlington in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on January 24, 1844. Father of James L. Wadlington. Married to Sarah Elizabeth Jones Wadlington in Caldwell County on February 11, 1846. Father of John M. Wadlington, David B. Wadlington, Mildred M. Wadlington, Isabella Wadlington, Helen B. Wadlington, and William M. Wadlington. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Lyon County, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned ten enslaved persons in Lyon County in 1860. Farmer in Lyon County in 1863. Served in the 48th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as first lieutenant from October 26, 1863, to December 18, 1864.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

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

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, p. 681.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, p. 414B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, District 1, p. 29A.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0447.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Lyon County, KY, June 1863, p. 18.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994046, Lyon County Births.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 29969.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film 000851644.

Citation

Wadlington, William B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208376 (November 12, 2026).

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