Person

William O. Gilkey (Montgomery County, Kentucky, merchant)

b. 1811-06-12 d. 1881-11-26

Montgomery County, Kentucky, merchant. Kentucky native. Merchant in Montgomery County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned six enslaved persons in Montgomery County in 1850. Merchant in Montgomery County in 1860.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, District 2, p. 72A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, District 2, p. 53.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, p. 244.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Edgar County, Ross, p. 221B.

"William Osborn Gilkey (1811-1881)," Find A Grave, Memorial 84919355, accessed October 25, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84919355.

Citation

Gilkey, William O.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281244 (November 12, 2026).

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