Person

William Winn (Clark County, Kentucky, banker)

b. 1820? d. 1898-09-04

Clark County, Kentucky, merchant and banker. Clark County, Kentucky, native. Married to Caroline S. Hord Winn in Mason County, Kentucky, in August 1855. Father of Frank Winn. Merchant in Clark County in 1850. Household owned five enslaved persons in Clark County in 1850. Banker in Clark County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Clark County in 1860. Banker in Clark County in 1863. Partner with Robert Nicholas Winn and James Simpson in the Deposit Bank of Winn, Simpson, & Co. in Clark County.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 2, p. 41A.

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

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, Winchester, p. 872.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, Winchester, p. 346A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville, Ward 2, p. 417A.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Clark County, KY, June/July 1863, p. 15.

"A Former Resident of This City and County Died Sunday at Lexington, Ky.," The Evening Bulletin, (Maysville, Kentucky), September 7, 1898, p. 2

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mason County Marriages, Film 000281846, p. 49.

KYR-0001-017-0035.

Citation

Winn, William. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214097 (November 12, 2026).

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