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William W. Wright (Hart County, Kentucky, shoe and boot maker and soldier in the 33rd and 26th KY)

b. 1826? d. 1889

Hart County, Kentucky, shoe and boot maker and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Ann E. Wright. Married to Mariah J. Hammon Wright. Father of Elizabeth Wright, Margaret Wright, William Wright, Catherine Wright, Charles W. Wright, and Melissa Wright. Farmer in Hart County, Kentucky, in 1850. Shoe and boot maker in Hart County in 1860. Served in Company D 33rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) as a Corporal from September 13, 1862, to April 1, 1863. Served in Company D 33rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) as a Private from April 1, 1863 to April 1, 1864. Served in Company K 26th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) as a Private from April 1, 1864, to June 30, 1865.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hart County, p. 221A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hart County, District 2, p. 859.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hart County, Hammonville, p. 277B.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 383.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 405.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #16155.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 230-1, 233.

U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Missouri, Application #399902.

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Wright, William W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32280449 (November 12, 2026).

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