Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Hopkinsville, Kentucky, carriage maker and asylum manager. Kentucky native. Married to Berry Poindexter. Father of William H. Poindexter, James G. Poindexter, and George W. Poindexter. Carriage maker in Hopkinsville in 1860. Owned six enslaved persons in Hopkinsville in 1860. Board member and manager of the Western Lunatic Asylum in 1865.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 34.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 25.

Find A Grave, "George Poindexter (1808-1887)," Memorial #89558925, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89558925/george-poindexter (accessed May 2, 2017).

KYR-0001-007-0345.

Citation

Poindexter, George. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201528 (November 12, 2026).

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Documents (2)

Petition
E. H. Hopper et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
1864-01-23
Correspondence
George Poindexter et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
1865-01-28

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