Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Penelope B. Morris Woolf in Christian County, Kentucky, on December 31, 1844. Father of Mary S. Woolf, Sarah J. Woolf, James F. Woolf, Bettie Woolf, Martha Woolf, and Amanda Woolf. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Princeton in 1860. Owned five 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. 362A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 55.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 221A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Christian County Marriages, Film #000465562, p. 80.

Citation

Woolf, James M.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210537 (November 12, 2026).

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William M. Wells et al. to Beriah Magoffin

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