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Walter Raleigh "Rolly" Watson, Sr. (Morgan County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1811 d. 1881-02-21

Morgan County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Luranna Gilliam Watson in Morgan County, Kentucky, on March 11, 1850. Father of John Watson, William Watson, Raleigh Watson, Mary Watson, Martha Watson, and Martin Watson. Farmer in Morgan County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Morgan County in 1850. Farmer in Morgan County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Morgan County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Morgan County, p. 135B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Morgan County.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Morgan County, District 1, p.468.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Morgan County, District 1, p. 90A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Elliott County, District 1, p. 449A.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994050, Morgan County Births, p. 5.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 14371.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Morgan County Marriages, Film 000839918, p. 104.

"Walter Raleigh Watson, Sr. (1811-1881)," Find A Grave, Memorial 155366629, accessed January 2, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155366629.

Citation

Watson, Walter Raleigh "Rolly", Watson,. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32212787 (November 12, 2026).

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