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William S. Watwood (Trigg County Farmer)

b. 1816?

Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer. Tennessee native. Married to Eliza A. Watwood. Father of David N. Watwood, James Watwood, and M. E. Watwood. Owned six enslaved persons in Trigg County in 1850. Farmer in Trigg County in 1860.

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, District 2, p. 335A.

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

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, p. 139.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, Roaring Springs Precinct, p. 39.

Citation

Watwood, William S.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213374 (November 12, 2026).

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