Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Nancy Wilson. Father of Elizabeth Wilson, Theodore Wilson, Nancy J. Wilson, Vihila Wilson, Sarah Wilson, and Wilson Wilson. Farmer in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1860. Employed William Powell as a farm laborer in Hopkins County in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 160A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 735-36.

Citation

Wilson, William A.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211392 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
Dixon Browning et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
Petition
S. B. Nisbet et al. to Beriah Magoffin

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