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George H. Roberts (Hancock County, Kentucky, constable and farmer.)

b. 1818? d. 1863-05-16

Hancock County, Kentucky, constable and farmer. Virginia native. Married to Frances Ann Goslee Roberts in Hancock County, Kentucky, on May 22, 1843. Father of Ann P. Roberts. Married to Elvira Eliza Patterson Roberts in Hancock County on April 18, 1850. Father of William Roberts, Thomas P. Roberts, and Mattie Roberts. Married to Ella McLean Roberts in Hancock County on February 20, 1861. Constable in Hancock County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Hancock County in 1850. Owned Angeline [Unknown] and John [Unknown] in Hancock County in 1857. Farmer in Hancock County in 1860. Owned seventeen enslaved persons in Hancock County in 1860.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, pp. 271A-B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 1008.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 86B.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994037, Hancock County Births.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994037, Hancock County Marriages.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Hancock County Marriages, Film 000495729.

J.H. Battle, W.H. Perrin, and G.C. Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State, vol. 2 (Louisville, KY: F.A. Battey Publishing Company, 1885), 757.

Citation

Roberts, George H.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202279 (November 12, 2026).

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