Person

William Burns, Jr. (Harrison County, KY, farmer)

b. 1825?

Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of William Burns. Married to Elizabeth Duckworth Burns in Harrison County, Kentucky, on February 26, 1852. Father of Mary E. Burns, Alonzo Burns, Nancy M. Burns, and John W. Burns. Farmer in Harrison County in 1850. Farmer in Harrison County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 1, p. 91B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, p. 606.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Harrison County Marriages, Film 000216887, p. 362.

“John W. Burns,” Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 23656.

Citation

Burns, William, Jr.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281543 (November 12, 2026).

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