Person

William H. Prewitt (Boyle County, Kentucky, farmer.)

b. 1825-06-25 d. 1904-06-07

Boyle County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary F. Ewing Prewitt. Father of Thomas F. Prewitt, Mary Francis Prewitt, and M. C. Prewitt. Farmer in Boyle County in 1850. Farmer in Boyle County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Boyle County in 1860. Farmer in Boyle County in July 1863.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, District No. 1, p. 659B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, p. 875.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, p. 165A.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Boyle County, KY, July 1863, p. 19.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994028, Boyle County Births.

"W. H. Prewitt (1825-1904)," Find A Grave, Memorial #27290497, accessed August 9, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27290497.

Citation

Prewitt, William H.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32212860 (November 12, 2026).

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