Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Catlettsburg, Kentucky, wharf boat driver. Kentucky native. Son of Henry Preston and Elizabeth Preston. Married to Mary Jane Myers Preston in Boyd County, Kentucky, on December 31, 1863. Farmer in Lawrence County, Kentucky, in 1850. Wharf boat driver in Catlettsburg in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, p. 102A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyd County, Catlettsburg, p. 811.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Boyd County Marriages, Film #000344011, p. 68.

Citation

Preston, Hiram. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200452 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
William Knostman et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette

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