Wilson Pollard Lester

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c1839

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"Wilson Pollard Lester" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00016136, (accessed July 2, 2025).

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Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of John Lester. Married to Mary Anne Lester. Resident of Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned five enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 364A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 789.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Pollards Tan Yard, p. 154.
Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Caldwell County, KY, June 1863, p. 24.

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