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William M. Nichols (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmhand and soldier (CSA))

b. 1842?

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmhand and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Bryant Nichols and Rhoda Nichols. Student in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned two enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmhand in Princeton, Kentucky, in 1860. Household owned nine enslaved persons in Princeton in 1860. Served in the 10th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.) as a private from November 1862 to April 1865. Captured at Cheshire, Ohio, on July 20, 1863. Signed a loyalty oath to the U. S. government on April 28, 1865.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 341A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 779.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 87.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 226A.

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0058.

Citation

Nichols, William M.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214026 (November 12, 2026).

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