Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Daniel Presley Ashby and Virginia Ashby. Student in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Resident of Hopkins County in 1860. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1863.

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Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 152A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 816.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Hopkins County, KY, July 1863, p. 1.

"Willis A. Ashby (1839-1916)," Find A Grave, Memorial #90785059, accessed October 27, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90785059.

Citation

Ashby, Willis A.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214353 (November 12, 2026).

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George W. Porter et al. to Beriah Magoffin

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