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Rockcastle County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Anesetta Chesnut. Father of Charlotte Chesnut, Cynthia Ann Chesnut, Lucy Chesnut, Samuel D. Chesnut, Mary Ann Chesnut, William J. Chesnut, Richard Chesnut, James F. Chesnut, Helen Chesnut, and Abraham Chesnut. Farmer in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Rockcastle County in 1850. Farmer in Rockcastle County in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Rockcastle County in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, Northern District, p. 192A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, Northern District.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, p. 550.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, p. 205B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, District 2, p. 49B.

Citation

Chesnut, William P.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281331 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
S. W. Brown et al. to Beriah Magoffin

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