Person

William P. Elliston (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer and merchant)

b. 1825-12-14 d. 1894-10-24

Grant County, Kentucky, merchant. Kentucky native. Son of Robert Elliston and Polly Elliston. Married to Sarah D. Elliston Elliston in Grant County, Kentucky, on January 13, 1851. Father of Sarah H. Elliston, James N. Elliston, William D. Elliston, Canrobert Elliston. Farmer in Grant County in 1850. Merchant in Grant County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 323A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 892.

Find A Grave, "W.P. Elliston (Dec 14, 1825-Oct 24, 1894)," Memorial #13383302, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13383302 (accessed May 6, 2020).

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Grant County Marriages, Film #000266220, p. 251 of microfilm (accessed via ancestry.com).

Citation

Elliston, William P.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214744 (November 12, 2026).

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