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William C. Sympson (Clark County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1800?

Clark County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Jane Irwin Sympson in Clark County, Kentucky, on February 22, 1825. Father of James Sympson, Frances E. Sympson, William C. Sympson, and Allan H. Sympson. Farmer in Clark County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned seven enslaved people in Clark County in 1850. Farmer in Clark County in 1860. Owned fifteen enslaved people in Clark County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 2, p. 40A.

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

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 2, p. 844.

Eigth Manuscript Census of the United States(1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 2, p. 342B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, Precinct 6, p. 93A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, X County Marriages, Film #001943687, p. 216.

Citation

Sympson, William C.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211240 (November 12, 2026).

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