John W. Wayt (Scott County, KY, wagonmaker)
b. 1830? d. 1874
Scott County, Kentucky, wagonmaker. Kentucky native. Son of John Wayt and Nancy Wayt. Married to Elizabeth Wayt. Father of Margaret Wayt. Married to Sarah C. Perry Wayt in Scott County, Kentucky, on July 23, 1861. Father of Nancy Wayt. Laborer in Scott County in 1850. Wagonmaker in Scott County in 1860. 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. 477A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 1, p. 953.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 1, p. 224A.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, Stamping Ground, p. 328A.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Scott County Marriages, Film 000183225, p. 207.
Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Scott County Administrators Bonds, 1856-1891, p. 27.
Citation
Wayt, John W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281251 (November 12, 2026).
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