Person

William C. Fish (Rockcastle County, Kentucky, farmer.)

b. 1831-06-23 d. 1922-05-29

Rockcastle County, Kentucky, farmer. Rockcastle County, Kentucky, native. Son of Jesse Fish and Evaline Anderson Fish. Married to Martha Todd Fish in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, on August 30, 1856. Father of Egbert T. Fish, John Fish, Mary E. Fish, and Luther Fish. Farmer in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, in 1850. Attended school in Rockcastle County in 1850. Household owned seven enslaved persons in Rockcastle County in 1850. Farmer in Rockcastle County in 1860. Farmer in Rockcastle County in 1863.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, Northern District, p. 195A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, Northern District.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, p. 532.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, District 2, p. 53A.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Rockcastle County, KY, June and July 1863, p. 125.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994053, Rockcastle County Marriages.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 11980.

"Pioneer Citizen Goes to His Reward," The Richmond Daily Register (Richmond, KY), May 29, 1922, p. 1.

"Madison County Loses Aged Citizen," The Citizen (Berea, KY), June 1, 1922, p. 5.

Charles Kerr, William Elsey Connelley, and E. M. Coulter, History of Kentucky, vol. III (Chicago: The American Historical Society, 1922), 461.

Charles Kerr, William Elsey Connelley, and E. M. Coulter, History of Kentucky, vol. IV (Chicago: The American Historical Society, 1922), 275.

Citation

Fish, William C.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281214 (November 12, 2026).

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