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George D. McKinney (Mercer County, Ky, student & pvt 9th Ky Cav USA)

b. 1843-01-10 d. 1920-04-21

Mercer County, Kentucky, student and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Hardin McKinney and Ellen Cole McKinney. Resident of Mercer County, Kentucky, in 1850. Attended school in Mercer County in 1860. Served in the 9th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from August 22, 1862, to September 11, 1863. Charged with the murder of John J. Gritton in Mercer County in 1864. Fugitive from justice in 1864.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 2, p. 318B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 2, p. 673.

Find A Grave, "George David McKinney (1843-1920)," Memorial #177893964, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177893964/george-david-mckinney (accessed July 14, 2021).

Indiana Death Certificates, 1900–2011, Indiana State Department of Health and Vital Records, Indiana Archives and Records Administration, Indianapolis, IN, Certificate #16542.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 245.

Citation

McKinney, George D.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199894 (November 12, 2026).

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