William T. Hopper

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c1832

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"William T. Hopper" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00015863, (accessed June 8, 2025).

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Caldwell County and Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer, laborer, and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Humphrey Hopper and Rebecca Hopper. Married to Elizabeth Gresham Hopper in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in July 1855. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Laborer in Lyon County in 1860. Farmer in Lyon County in 1864. Served in the 17th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U. S. A.) as private and corporal from December 5, 1864, to September 20, 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 379A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, p. 702.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll XXX.
Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, 1852-1855, Film #000546372.

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