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William Sampson (Barren County, KY, attorney)

b. 1818 d. 1866

Barren County, Kentucky, attorney. Pennsylvania native. Married to Virginia R. Gilpin Sampson in Oldham County, Kentucky, on May 18, 1848. Father of Ida Sampson, Margaret Sampson, and John Sampson. Attorney in Barren County in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Barren County in 1850. Attorney in Barren County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Barren County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, Glasgow, p. 402B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, Glasgow, Division 1, p. 195.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, District No. 1, p. 891.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, District 1, p. 57A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Oldham County Marriages, 1827-1949, Film #000482448, p. 328 of 729.

Find A Grave, "William Sampson (1818-1866)," Memorial #146411708, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146411708 (accessed July 14, 2018).

Citation

Sampson, William. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213309 (November 12, 2026).

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