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William Vinson (Lawrence County )

b. 1816-03-22 d. 1882-04-13

Lawrence County, Kentucky, farmer and lumberman. Wayne County, Virginia, native. Married to Jane Chambers Vinson. Father of Richard Vinson, Zariah Vinson Johnson, Tennessee Vinson, Zotto Cushing Vinson, Mary J. Vinson, and Pharaoh Vinson. Representative in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1853 to 1854.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

E. Polk Johnson, A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians: The Leaders and Representative Men in Commerce, Industry, and Modern Activities, Volume 3 (Chicago, IL: Lewis Publishing Company, 1912), p. 1507. Find A Grave, “William Oliver Vinson (March 22, 1816-April 13, 1882),” Memorial #83483248, http://findagrave.com/memorial/83483248 (accessed March 6, 2018). William Vinson, “Letter, William Vinson to Wife and Children, Richmond Va., January 28, 1854 (Ms2008-048),” VT Special Collections Online, accessed January 27, 2017, https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/Appalachia/Ms2008-048 VinsonWilliamLetter 1854. _Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Virginia, Wayne County, District 66, p. 266. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, Louisa, p. 145. Kentucky Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates (1911-1955), Ancestry, 1919, Lawrence County, file no. 19059.

Citation

Vinson, William. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32212294 (January 20, 2026).

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