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William Richards (Bath County, Kentucky, farmer and merchant)

b. 1812-01-02 d. 1875-07-11

Bath County, Kentucky, merchant. Kentucky native. Son of John W. Richards and Rebecca Richards. Married to Sarah T. Coots Richards in Bath County on May 17, 1861. Father of John Richards and William Richards. Resident in Bath County in 1850. Merchant in Owingsville, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Owingsville in 1860.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, District 1, p. 88A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, Owingsville, p. 2.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, Owingsville, p. 21.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, Owingsville, p. 65B.

Find A Grave, "William Richards (1812-1875)," Memorial #172469728, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/172469728 (accessed March 30, 2020).

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Bath County Marriages, Film #000273007, p. 239.

Citation

Richards, William. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213043 (November 12, 2026).

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