Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Mason County, Kentucky, attorney and judge. New Hampshire native. Married to Corrilla Whitaker. Father of John L. Whitaker, Emery C. Whitaker, and Harlen P. Whitaker. Attorney and judge in Mason County in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Mason County in 1860. Partner with W. P. Conwell in a law firm until March 11, 1862.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 3, p. 282.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 3, p. 27A.

Maysville Weekly Bulletin, January 22, 1863, p. 3.

Find A Grave, "Emery Whitaker (1816-1898)," Memorial #52811055, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52811055 (accessed April 17, 2018).

Citation

Whitaker, Emery. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199025 (November 12, 2026).

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The people, organizations, and places listed below appear in the same documents as Emery Whitaker (Mason County, Kentucky, attorney and judge). They are sorted by the number of documents they share.

Documents (6)

Petition
Charles Mytinger to Beriah Magoffin
Petition
James C. Brookover to Beriah Magoffin
Correspondence
John L. Scott to James F. Robinson
1862-11-04
Correspondence
John L. Scott to James F. Robinson
1862-11-20
Petition
John Morgan and Abner Hall to Beriah Magoffin
Petition
William Carr to Beriah Magoffin

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