Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary C. Ashby. Father of Priscilla Ashby, Addison Ashby, Franklin Ashby, Miranda Ashby, Josephine Ashby, Eunice Ashby, and Laura Ashby. Farmer in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1850. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1860.

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Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 150A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 732.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 615.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 210B.

Citation

Ashby, William J.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210770 (November 12, 2026).

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William Hull et al. to Beriah Magoffin

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