Person

Matthew R. Waller (Union County, Kentucky, merchant)

b. 1833-04-24 d. 1908-11-01

Morganfield, Union County, Kentucky, farmer and merchant. Kentucky native. Son of Aaron Waller and Mary Waller. Married to Martha C. Parker Waller in Union County on November 23, 1858. Father of George Waller. Farmer in Union County in 1850. Household owned twenty-two enslaved persons in Union County in 1850. Merchant in Union County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in 1860. Merchant in Union County in 1863.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, District 1, p. 453A-B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, District 1.

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

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union, Morganfield, p. 531.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Union, Morganfield, p. 416B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, Morganfield Precinct, p. 350B.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Union County, KY, July 1863, p. 54.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Union County Marriages, Film 000562203.

"Matthew Robert Waller (1833-1908)," Find A Grave, Memorial 103749915, accessed December 19, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103749915.

Citation

Waller, Matthew R.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211213 (November 12, 2026).

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