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Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of John C. Wilson and Jane Wilson. Married to Mary E. Wilson. Father of Robert Wilson, Hattie L. Wilson, and Maggie Wilson. Student in Harrison County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned fifteen enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1850. Farmer in Harrison County in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 1, p. 73A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 1, p. 516.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, p. 622.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, Cynthiana, p. 149B.

Citation

Wilson, Napoleon Bonaparte. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32280480 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
Joseph Shawhan et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
1864-01-08

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