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Caldwell County, Kentucky, blacksmith. Fayette County, Kentucky, native. Married to Wilmoth Boyd Wells in Trigg County, Kentucky, on December 29, 1828. Father of Madison Well, Miriam Wells, Horace Wells, James Wells, William Wells, Margaret Wells, and Frank Wells. Blacksmith in Caldwell County in 1850. Blacksmith in Caldwell County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1860.

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Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1 p. 279A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, p. 118.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, p. 218A.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #11057.

Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Trigg County Marriages, 1820-1864, Film #000321335.

William Bedford Coles, The Coles family of Virginia, its numerous connections from the emigration to America to the year 1915 (New York, 1931), 276.

Citation

Wells, William M.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32212858 (November 12, 2026).

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William M. Wells et al. to Beriah Magoffin

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