William B. Read

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c1809

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"William B. Read" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00009083, (accessed July 2, 2025).

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Shelby County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Filed a marriage bond to Emily Wilson Read in Spencer County on September 16, 1839. Father of Benjamin S. Read, Nancy J. Read, Sarah Read, and Zachary Read. Farmer in Jefferson County in 1850. Employed Samuel Gash as a farmer in Jefferson County in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Jefferson County in 1850. Farmer in Shelby County in 1860. Employed Benjamin S. Read as a laborer in Shelby County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 2, p. 295B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 2, p. 965.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Shelby County, District 2, p. 135.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Shelby County, District 7, p. 534A.
Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #10190.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Spencer County Marriages, Film #000482501.

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