Person

William Lykins (Morgan County, KY, farmer)

b. 1811-02-27 d. 1893-05-21

Morgan County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Prudence Baker Lykins in Morgan County, Kentucky, on November 21, 1829. Father of Elijah Lykins, David Lykins, Williamson Lykins, Eli Lykins, Clarinda Lykins, Joshua Lykins, Joseph Lykins, Dudley Lykins, and Angeline Lykins. Farmer in Morgan County in 1850. Farmer in Morgan County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Morgan County in 1860. Served in the 5th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (C.S.A.) as a chaplain from November 23, 1861, to October 20, 1862.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Morgan County, p. 115A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Morgan County, Division 2, p. 441.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Morgan County, Division 2, p. 91A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Morgan County Marriages, Film 000839918, p. 15.

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 110.

"Judge & Elder William Bruce Lykins (1811-1893)," Find A Grave, Memorial 61391993, accessed November 6, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61391993.

Citation

Lykins, William. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281284 (November 12, 2026).

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