Person

George W. Griffey (Louisville, Kentucky, street inspector.)

b. 1800?

Louisville, Kentucky, street inspector. Kentucky native. Married to Martha Dowdall Griffey in Jefferson County, Kentucky on September 2, 1841. Father of Sarah Griffey, John S. Griffey, Henry C. Griffey. Street inspector in Louisville, Kentucky 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Louisville in 1850. Street inspector in Louisville in 1860. Owned eight enslaved persons in Louisville in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson, Louisville District 3, p. 327B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson, Louisville District 3, p. 837.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson, Louisville Ward 7, p. 536.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson, Louisville Ward 7, p. 287A.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #000482706, p. 174

Citation

Griffey, George W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200097 (November 12, 2026).

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