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William Deatherage (Madison Co., KY, farmer & justice of the peace)

b. 1819-12-10 d. 1872-09-02

Madison County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. Madison County, Kentucky, native. Married to Mary Jane McKinney Deatherage in Madison County in October 1850. Father of Josiah Deatherage, Allen Deatherage, Samuel Deatherage, and George William Deatherage. Guardian of Andrew Clay in 1860. Farmer in Madison County in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Madison County in 1850. Farmer in Madison County in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Madison County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Madison County in 1861.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, District 3, p. 303A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, District 3, p. 4 of microfilm.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Western Subdivision, p. 158.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Western Subdivision 2, p. 458A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Union, pp. 271A-B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Madison County Marriages, Film #000183315, p. 539.

Find A Grave_, "William Deatherage (1819-1872)," Memorial 67921030, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67921030 (accessed March 23, 2020).

Citation

Deatherage, William. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32212590 (November 12, 2026).

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