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Daniel G. Colyer (Rockcastle County, Kentucky, court clerk)

b. 1817?

Rockcastle County, Kentucky, county clerk. Kentucky native. Married to Angeline Colyer. Father of Martha A. Colyer, Zack T. Colyer, William Colyer, Clemantine Colyer, and Polena Colyer. Owned three enslaved persons in Rockcastle County in 1850. Clerk of the Rockcastle County Court from 1860 to 1862.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, Southern District.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, Mount Vernon, p. 124.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Mortality Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, District 6, p. 1.

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861,” in 1862 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-308.

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862,” in 1863 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 24. (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 298-306.

Citation

Colyer, Daniel G.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32198975 (November 12, 2026).

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