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William B. Acree (Caldwell County, Kentucky, teacher and legislator)

b. 1823?

Caldwell County, Kentucky, teacher and legislator. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah J. Calvert Acree in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on October 13, 1855. Father of Sarah Ann Acree. Teacher in Caldwell County in 1850. Household owned nine enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1859. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Lyon County in 1859. Attorney in Russell County, Alabama, in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 354B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 778.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Alabama, Russell County, Opelika, p. 1081.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film 000546372, p. 236.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994029, Caldwell County Births, p. 331.

"Democratic Meeting in Lyon," Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, Kentucky), December 10, 1859, p. 2.

Citation

Acree, William B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281484 (November 12, 2026).

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