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Ashford W. Violett (Ballard County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1815-09-23 d. 1891-08-04

Ballard County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of John Violett and Nancy Thomas Violett. Married to Frances Woolfolk Mosby Violett. Father of John Bull Violett, Hezekiah Violett, Jef Thompson Violett, and Barbara Violett. Stepfather of Susan Mosby. Farmer in Ballard County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Ballard County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Ballard County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ballard County, p. 262B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ballard County, Picketts District, p. 601.

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

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ballard County, District No. 5, p. 434A.

Dick Barclay, Graveyards in Carlisle and Hickman Counties, Kentucky, (Arlington, KY: Dick Barclay, 1974), p. 34.

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Violett, Ashford W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209155 (November 12, 2026).

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