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William Netherton Beckham (Nelson County, KY, attorney)

b. 1832 d. 1882

Nelson County, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Son of William Beckham. Married to Julia T. Wickliffe Beckham in Nelson County on October 16, 1855. Father of Charles Beckham, Maggie Beckham, and Nannie Beckham. Attorney in Nelson County with Charles Wickliffe in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Nelson County in 1860. Attorney in Nelson County in 1863.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 1, p. 197.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 1, p. 111B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, Bardstown District No. 1, p. 17B.

Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Nelson County, October 16, 1855, Film # 000481488, p. 45.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Kentucky, 4th Congressional District, Vol. 1, 1863, p. 44, p. 61 of microfilm, (Accessed via ancestry.com on April 15, 2020).

The National Cyclopædia of American Biography, vol. 13, (New York: James T. White & Company, 1906), 14.

Find A Grave, "William Netherton Beckham,” Memorial #126079109, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126079109/william-netherton-beckham (accessed February 11, 2019).

Citation

Beckham, William Netherton. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210167 (November 12, 2026).

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