Person

William J. Salyer (Magoffin County, KY, farmer)

b. 1826 d. 1902

Magoffin County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Luanna A. Salyer. Father of Henderson Salyer, John W. Salyer, Fielding Salyer, Breckenridge Salyer, Josephine Salyer, M.J. Salyer, and Mary Salyer. Resident of Floyd County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Magoffin County, Kentucky, in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Floyd County, p. 449A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Magoffin County, p. 430.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, Country, p. 282B.

"William J. 'Butler' Salyer (1826-1902)," Find A Grave, Memorial 27696104, accessed November 6, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27696104.

Citation

Salyer, William J.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281283 (November 12, 2026).

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