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William R. Welch (Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky, farmer, attornery, and notary public)

b. 1828? d. 1888-08-28

Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky, farmer, attorney, and notary public. Jessamine County, Kentucky, native. Son of James Welch and Mary Welch. Married to Anna Corn Welch in Jessamine County, Kentucky, on April 28, 1854. Welch. Farmer in Darwin, Clark County, Illinois, in 1850. Attorney in Jessamine County, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Jessamine County in 1860. Held nine enslaved persons in trust in Jessamine County in 1860. Notary public in Jessamine County, Kentucky. Attorney in Jessamine County, Kentucky, in 1863. Attorney in Macoupin County, Illinois, from 1864 to 1877.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Illinois, Clark County, Clark, p. 226B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jessamine County, Nicholasville, p. 117.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jessamine County, Nicholasville, p. 309B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Macoupin County, Township 10 Range 7, p. 160A.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994042, Jessamine County Marriages.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Jessamine County, KY, June 1863, p. 11.

“William R. Welch,” The Chicago Tribute, (Chicago, IL), August 28, 1888, pg. 2.

"William R. Welch (Unknown-1888)," Find A Grave, Memorial 92116985, accessed November 1, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92116985.

Citation

Welch, William R.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32212607 (November 12, 2026).

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