George W. Gallup

Birth Date

1828-10-12

Death Date

1880-12-31

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Louisa, Kentucky, attorney and soldier. New York native. Studied law with L.T. Moore in Louisa. Married to Rebecca A. Moore Gallup. Father of Henry M. Gallup and Frederick G. Gallup. Farmer in Venice, New York, in 1850. Entered law partnership with L.T. Moore in Louisa. Attorney in Louisa in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Louisa in 1860. Served in 14th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry as regimental quarter-master from December 10, 1861, until May 11, 1862, when he was promoted to lieutenant colonel, then promoted to colonel on January 13, 1863. Mustered out on January 31, 1865. Brevetted brigadier general on March 13, 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, New York, Cayuga County, Venice.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, Louisa, p. 185.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, p. 2.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0273.
William Ely, The Big Sandy Valley: A History of the People and Country from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time (Central Methodist, 1887), 41.
_Find A Grave, “Col George W. Gallup (1828-1880)," Memorial #16874810, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16874810/gal# (accessed May 20, 2018).

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