George T. Blakey

Birth Date

1822

Death Date

1914

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Logan County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah E. McClean Blakey on February 14, 1844. Father of Susan Blakey, William Blakey, George D. Blakey, and Mary L. Blakey. Farmer in Logan County in 1850. Owned six enslaved persons in Logan County in 1850. Farmer in Logan County in 1860. Owned twelve enslaved persons in Logan County in 1860. Sheriff in Logan County in 1863. Sheriff in Logan County in 1864.

Marriage Records: Kentucky Marriages, (Richmond, KY: Madison County Courthouse), Film # 000364550, Logan County, 1818-1867, p. 308 of microfilm. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District 2, p. 130A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District 2, p. 26 of microfilm. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District 2, p. 20. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, District 2, p. 389B, 390A. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863,” in 1864 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 10. (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 153. KYR-0002-022-0101 Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, Gordonsville, p. 367A. Find A Grave, "George Thomas Blakey (1822-1914)," Memorial #95467766, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95467766 (accessed December 3, 2018).

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