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Elijah W. Rutledge (Louisville, Kentucky, postmaster)

b. 1821?

Louisville, Kentucky, postmaster, wool carder, tavern keeper. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Jane Harden Rutledge in Jefferson County, Kentucky on October 13, 1845. Father of John P. Rutledge, Laura Rutledge, Albert Rutledge. Wool carder in Louisville in 1850. Tavern keeper in Louisville in 1860. Postmaster in Jefferson County from 1860 to 1864. Constable in Louisville from 1865 to 1866.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson, Louisville District 3, p. 288B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson, Louisville District 1, p. 751.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000482707, p. 184.
Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, p. 102, counties Grayson-Knott, (accessed via Ancestry.com).
Edwards' Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville, For 1865-6 (Louisville: Edwards, Greenough & Deved, 1866), p. 362, 507

Citation

Rutledge, Elijah W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200167 (November 12, 2026).

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