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Hopkins County and Webster County, Kentucky, farmer and carpenter. Kentucky native. Married to Rachel P. Witherspoon. Father of Mary E. Witherspoon, Sarah J. Witherspoon, Matilda Witherspoon, John Witherspoon, and Nancy Witherspoon. Farmer in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Carpenter in Webster 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. 119A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 613.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, District 4, p. 229B.

Citation

Witherspoon, William. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32212003 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
H. Stratman et al. to Beriah Magoffin
Petition
Z. W. Brooks et al. to Beriah Magoffin

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