William W. Biffle

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1803-07-31

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1885-08-31

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"William W. Biffle" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00014281, (accessed December 22, 2024).

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Maury County, Tennessee, farmer. North Carolina native. Son of Jacob Biffle and Mary Biffle. Married Francis Isom Biffle in Maury County, Tennessee, on June 19, 1829. Father of Mary A. Biffle, Adley B. Biffle, William M. Biffle, Alice P. Biffle, Jacob D. Biffle, James K. W. Biffle, Francis A. Biffle, and U. S. Biffle. Resident in Maury County in 1830. Owned two enslaved persons in Maury County in 1830. Farmer in Lewis County in 1850. Owned ten enslaved persons in Lewis County in 1850. Farmer in Maury County in 1860. Owned fourteen enslaved persons (including one man named Friday) in Maury County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Wayne County in 1860. Employed one enslaved person owned by the heirs of S. C. Mitchell in Wayne County in 1860.

Fifth Manuscript Census of the United States (1830), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Maury County, p. 377.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Lewis County, District 3, p. 416A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Tennessee, Lewis County, District 1, p. 5.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Non-Population Schedules, Agriculture, Tennessee, Wayne County, District 9, p. 384.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Maury County, District 16, p. 447.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Tennessee, Maury County, District 16, p. 92.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Tennessee, Wayne County, p. 435B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Non-Population Schedules, Agriculture, Tennessee, Wayne County, District 7, p. 45.
Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee, Marshall and Maury Counties, p.114.
,Tennessee, Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008, Tennessee County, District and Probate Courts, Maury County Probate Records, Wills, vol. F-G, 1851-1898, p. 163.
Find A Grave, "William Biffle (1803-1885)," Memorial #26081330, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26081330 (accessed April 14, 2021).

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