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George L. Forman (Mason County, Kentucky, farmer and politician)

b. 1810 d. 1886-07-14

Mason County, Kentucky, farmer and politician. Kentucky native. Married to Alice A. Forman. Father of Samuel T. Forman, Joseph T. Forman, Phebe Forman, Sarah Forman, Thomas Forman, Edward P. Forman, and Charles W. Forman. Farmer in Mason County in 1850. Owned twelve enslaved persons in Mason County in 1850. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in Mason County from 1859 to 1861. Farmer in Mason County in 1860. Owned nine enslaved persons in Mason County in 1860.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District No. 1, p. 11B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District No. 1. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Lower District, p. 24. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Lower District, p. 4. "Death of Col. George Forman," Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), July 16, 1886, p. 4. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Covington, KY: Collins & Co., 1874), 548. Find A Grave, "George L. Forman (1810-1886)," Memorial #157942416, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157942416/george-lewis-forman (accessed March 1, 2018).

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Forman, George L.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199184 (November 12, 2026).

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