Person

William J. Marshall, Sr. (Henderson County, Kentucky, planter)

b. 1827-12-26 d. 1894-07-23

Henderson County, Kentucky, planter. Henderson County native. Married to Lucy F. Posey Marshall on February 22, 1853. Father of Posey Marshall, William J. Marshall, Jr., Eliza J. Marshall, Starling Marshall, and Anna D. Marshall. Store clerk in Henderson County in 1850. Farmer in Henderson County in 1860. Owned twenty-four enslaved persons in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Henderson, District 1, p. 271; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Henderson, Division 1, p. 144; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Henderson, Division 1, p. 147; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Henderson, Ward 2, p. 3; Kentucky Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1852-1910, Ancestry, Marriages, Henderson County, Kentucky, February 22, 1853.

Citation

Marshall, William J., Sr.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213369 (November 12, 2026).

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