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William N. Staples (Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer and day laborer)

b. 1829?

Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer and day laborer. Virginia native. Married to Mary A. Guthrey Staples in Hopkins County, Kentucky, on June 3, 1857. Father of George G. Staples, Luellen Staples, and William F. Staples. Farmer in Union County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned six enslaved persons in Union County in 1850. Day laborer in Hopkins County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, District 1, p. 450B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, District 1, p. 366.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 639.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, Uniontown, p. 404B.

Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, p. 551A.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994039, Hopkins County Marriages.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994039, Hopkins County Births.

Citation

Staples, William N.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32280516 (November 12, 2026).

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