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William H. Wilson (Williamsburg, Whitley County, Kentucky, attorney)

b. 1813?

Whitley County, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Married to Sophia Williams Wilson. Father of M. C. Wilson, H. C. Wilson, Anne E. Wilson, Margaret F. Wilson, William Wilson, Sophia N. Wilson, John O. Wilson, George W. D. Wilson, Minerva L. Wilson, and Joseph F Wilson. Attorney in Laurel County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Laurel County in 1850. Attorney in Whitley County in 1860.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Laurel County, p. 33A.

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

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Whitley County, Williamsburg, p. 702.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Whitley County, Martin Springs, p. 348A.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994044, Laurel County Births, p. 4.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 23109.

Citation

Wilson, William H.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32215344 (November 12, 2026).

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