Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

About

Union County, Kentucky, farmer and attorney. Kentucky native. Owned twenty-five enslaved persons in 1850. Farmer and attorney in Union County in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Union, District 2, p. 341.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, p. 5.

Citation

McElroy, Hiram. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32198717 (November 12, 2026).

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The people, organizations, and places listed below appear in the same documents as Hiram McElroy (lawyer and farmer, union county). They are sorted by the number of documents they share.

Documents (2)

Petition
John Thompson to Beriah Magoffin
Petition
Patrick Brice to Beriah Magoffin
1861-10-19

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