Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer. Georgia native. Son of George Whitsell. Married to Marjorie "Mary" F. Crews Whitsell in Henderson County, Kentucky, on June 5, 1851. Father of George W. Whitsell, John P. Whitsell, James M. Whitsell, and Marjorie E. Whitsell. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1850. Household owned ten enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1850. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Hopkins County in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 151A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 732.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 616.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 210B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Henderson County Marriages, Film #000576460, p. 122.

Citation

Whitsell, William G.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213207 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
F. S. Wicks et al. to Beriah Magoffin
1861-02-11

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