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William Jefferson Ward (Johnson County, Kentucky, justice of the peace, farmer, & 2nd Lieut 5th KY Inf CSA, JPJC)

b. 1828-02-01 d. 1904-06-09

Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer, soldier, and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Son of Shadrach Ward and Levina Ward. Married to Sarah Hicks Ward in Johnson County on November 29, 1860. Father of Shadrach W. Ward. Farmer in Johnson County in 1850. Farmer in Johnson County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Johnson County in 1863. Served in the 5th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (C.S.A.) as a second lieutenant.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, p. 113B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, p. 221.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, Toms Creek, p. 199A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Johnson County Marriages, 1843-1875, Film #001912950, p. 162 of 239 of microfilm.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Kentucky, 9th Congressional District, Johnson County, Vol. 2 of 3, October 1863, p. 416, p. 208 of 212 of microfilm), (Accessed via ancestry.com on August 20, 2020).

Find A Grave, “William Jefferson Ward (1828-1908)," Memorial #20381935, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20381935/william-jefferson-ward (accessed August 20, 2020).

KYR-0001-004-0362.

Citation

Ward, William Jefferson. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213112 (November 12, 2026).

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