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Paul Garras (Nelson County, KY, millwright)

Nelson County, Kentucky, miller. Native of France. Miller at the Shelby Street Mill in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1859. Leased a grist mill from William Carden in Nelson County, Kentucky, from 1860 to 1863. Indicted for larceny in Nelson County in 1861. Millwright in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, in 1863.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Nelson County Marriages, 1839-1888, Film 000500448.

Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1859 ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1859), 88.

KYR-0001-004-0014.

KYR-0001-004-0016.

KYR-0001-004-0017.

KYR-0001-020-1442.

KYR-0001-020-2066.

Citation

Garras, Paul. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197683 (November 12, 2026).

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