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John Milus Wigginton (Scott County, KY, resident)

b. 1837-12-14 d. 1920-09-13

Scott County, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Son of Spencer Wigginton and Susan Wigginton. Married to Carrie Gorham Wigginton in Scott County, Kentucky, on February 9, 1860. Father of George Wigginton. Attended school in Scott County in 1850. Household owned eleven enslaved persons in Scott County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Scott County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 2, p. 469A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 2, p. 647.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 1, p. 216B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, Stamping Ground, p. 332A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Scott County Marriages, Film 000183225, p. 86.

"John Milus Wigginton (1837-1920)," Find A Grave, Memorial 59410448, accessed October 24, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59410448.

Citation

Wigginton, John Milus. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281236 (November 12, 2026).

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