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Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Sarah Ann Blanks Wilkerson in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on November 28, 1846. Father of John F. Wilkerson, Eudora Wilkerson, and Emma Wilkerson. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Princeton in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Princeton in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 364B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 33.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 222A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film #000851644, p. 263.

Citation

Wilkerson, David. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208831 (November 12, 2026).

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J. P. Gracey et al. to Beriah Magoffin

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