Person

William Mercer (Caldwell County and Ballard County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1801?

Caldwell County and Ballard County, Kentucky, farmer. Missouri native. Married to Susan Wheeler Mercer in Livingston County, Kentucky, on November 16, 1826. Father of John E. Mercer. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Ballard County in 1860. Owned nine enslaved persons in Ballard County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 397A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 814.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ballard County, Picketts District, p. 595.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Ballard County, Picketts District, p. 43A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Livingston County Marriages, Film #000318176.

Citation

Mercer, William. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208749 (November 15, 2026).

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