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William G. Moffett (Washington County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff.)

b. 1832-09-12 d. 1865-01-20

Washington County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff. Washington County, Kentucky, native. Son of John C. Moffett and Elizabeth Jane Hundley Moffett. Married to Katherine A. Foreman Moffett in Washington County, Kentucky, on August 31, 1858. Father of Elizabeth Jane Moffett and Delia Moffett. Resident of Washington County in 1850. Farmer in Washington County in 1860. Owned six enslaved persons in Washington County in 1860. Sheriff of Washington County in 1861. Farmer in Washington County in 1863.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, Springfield, p. 237A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, District No. 3, p. 78.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, District No. 3, p. 472A.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 241.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Washington County, KY, 1863, p. 319.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Washington County Marriages, Film 000241382.

Washington County Bicentennial Book Committee, Washington County, Kentucky, Bicentennial History, 1792-1992, (Paducah, KY: Turner Publishing Company, 1991), 356.

Citation

Moffett, William G.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208426 (November 12, 2026).

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