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John W. Simpson (Caldwell co. ky, cabinetmaker)

b. 1800?

Caldwell County, Kentucky, cabinetmaker. New York native. Father of Mary C. Simpson, Maria Simpson, Robert Simpson, and John W. Simpson Jr.. Cabinetmaker in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Caldwell County in 1850. Cabinetmaker in Princeton in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 346A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 775.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 108.

Citation

Simpson, John W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210384 (November 12, 2026).

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