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Marcus Wimsatt (Marion County, Kentucky, farmer, merchant, and auctioneer)

b. 1810?

Marion County, Kentucky, farmer, merchant, and auctioneer. Maryland native. Married to Elizabeth Blanford Wimstaff. Father of Sarah E. Wimsatt, Mary E. Wimsatt, Laura Wimsatt, Isabella Wimsatt. James K. Wimsatt, and Eliza Jane Wimsatt. Farmer in Marion County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned seven enslaved persons in Marion County in 1850. Retired merchant in Marion County in 1860. Owned nine enslaved persons in Marion County in 1860. Auctioneer in Marion County in 1863. Auctioneer in Marion County in 1865.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, District 1, p. 335A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, p. 607.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, District 1, p. 518.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, District 1, p. 484B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, Lebanon, p. 53A.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994047, Marion County Births.

Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Kentucky, 1862-1866 NARA RG 58, Microfilm Series M768, Roll 9, Marion County, Kentucky, 1863, p. 91.

Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Kentucky, 1862-1866 NARA RG 58, Microfilm Series M768, Roll 7, Marion County, Kentucky, 1865, p. 19.

Citation

Wimsatt, Marcus. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32280744 (November 12, 2026).

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