Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Fayette County, Kentucky, planter. Maryland native. Married to Lydia Smith Viley. Father of Anne Eliza Viley, Warren Viley, Andrew Jackson Viley and Maria Viley. Planter in Scott County, Kentucky in 1850. Owned twenty-five enslaved persons in Scott County in 1850. Planter in Fayette County in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 2, p. 454. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 30. Find A Grave, "Willa Viley (1787-1865)," Memorial #98984816, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98984816/willa-viley (accessed January 22, 2018).

Citation

Viley, Willa J.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208602 (November 12, 2026).

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Correspondence
George W. Johnson to Ann E. V. Johnson
1861-10-20
Correspondence
Madison C. Johnson to Ann E. V. Johnson
1862-04-16

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