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William Douglass (Marion County, Kentucky, farmer, assistant marshal, and justice of the peace)

b. 1799-06-11 d. 1860-10-08

Marion County, Kentucky, farmer, assistant marshal, and justice of the peace. Virginia native. Married to Nancy Gill Douglass in Washington County, Kentucky, on February 28, 1823. Father of Frances J. Douglass, Joseph F. Douglass, Elizabeth C. Douglass, and Sarah A. Douglass. Farmer in Marion County in 1850. Assistant marshal for the United States Census in Marion County in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Marion County in 1850. Farmer in Marion County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Marion County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Marion County in 1860.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, District 1, p. 395B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, District 1, p. 671.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, District 2, p. 724.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, District 2, p. 496A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Washington County Marriages, Film #000241382.

"William Douglass (1799-1860)," Find A Grave, Memorial #49429943, accessed August 17, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49429943.

KYR-0001-017-0145.

Citation

Douglass, William. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214755 (November 12, 2026).

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