Person

George W. Lester (Caldwell co., ky, farmer )

b. 1830-04-22 d. 1887-04-25

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Samuel Lester and Cinderella Lester. Licensed to marry Mary Jane Purdy Lester in Princeton, Kentucky, on December 7, 1852. Father of Eliza Lester, Samuel Lester, Francis Lester, Ebb Dick Lester, Richard S. Lester, Robert J. Lester, and Sidney J. Lester. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Household owned six enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Long Pond in 1860. Employed George Moneymaker as a farm laborer in Long Pond in 1860. Held one enslaved person in trust in Long Pond in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 365A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 790.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Long Pond, p. 13.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Long Pond, p. 216A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Harmony, p. 453A.

Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Harmony, p. 512B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film #000546372, p. 31.

"George W. Lester (1830-1887)," Find A Grave, Memorial #58870443, accessed April 15, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58870443.

Citation

Lester, George W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202552 (November 12, 2026).

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