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William Tilford (Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer, overseer, and cart driver)

b. 1835 d. 1871-08-05

Jefferson County, Kentucky, farmer, overseer, and cart driver. Kentucky native. Married to Martha J. Johnston Tilford in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on December 22, 1859. Farmer in Bullitt County, Kentucky, in 1850. Overseer in Jefferson County in 1860. Cart driver in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1865.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bullitt County, p. 197A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 1, p. 896.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bullitt County, Shepherdsville, p. 253A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 005553515.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994041, Jefferson County Deaths.

Edwards' Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville, For 1865-6 (Louisville: Edwards, Greenough & Deved, 1866), 567.

Citation

Tilford, William. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209880 (November 12, 2026).

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