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Eli S. Salyer (Pulaski County, Kentucky, farmer, postmaster, and justice of the peace)

b. 1812?

Pulaski County, Kentucky, farmer, postmaster, and justice of the peace. Virginia native. Married to Elizabeth Salyer. Farmer in Pulaski County, Kentucky, in 1850. Postmaster in Grundy in Pulaski County from April 26, 1855, to October 21, 1856. Farmer in Pulaski County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Pulaski County in 1862.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pulaski County, Division 1, p. 25B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pulaski County, District 1, p. 218.

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971 Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Pulaski County, Kentucky, vol. 14, p. 712.

KYR-0001-031-0077.

Citation

Salyer, Eli S.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199253 (November 12, 2026).

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