Person

William Harrison Hocker (Lincoln County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1813 d. 1888

Lincoln County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Margaret Hocker in Mercer County, Kentucky, on February 17, 1835. Father of Sarah Hocker, Larkin Hocker, Ellen Hocker, Margaret Hocker, Richard Hocker, James Hocker, Virginia Hocker, and Nancy Hocker. Farmer in Lincoln County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned twelve enslaved persons in Lincoln County in 1850. Farmer in Lincoln County in 1860. Owned ten enslaved persons in Lincoln County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lincoln County, District 1, p. 244B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Lincoln County, District 1, p. 207.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lincoln County, p. 9.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Lincoln County, Stanford, p. 338B.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994045, Lincoln County Births, p. 4.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mercer County Marriages, Film 000191854.

"William Harrison Hocker (1813-1888)," Find A Grave, Memorial 65385479, accessed June 23, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65385479.

Citation

Hocker, William Harrison. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281047 (November 12, 2026).

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