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George Trapnall (Mercer County, Kentucky, gentleman)

b. 1813? d. 1887-04-26

Mercer County, Kentucky, gentleman. Kentucky native. Son of Phillip Trapnall and Nancy Trapnall. Married to Rachel Ann Finnie Trapnall in Union County, Kentucky on February 7, 1856. Farmer in Mercer County, Kentucky in 1850. Gentleman in Mercer County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Mercer County in 1860. Nominated to serve as delegate to a convention of Union men in Louisville, Kentucky, on March 18, 1863.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 2, p. 346B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, p. 712.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, p. 6.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1914), KDLA, Roll ##994027-994058, Union County Marriages, p. 5.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Union County Marriages, Film #000562202, p. 318.

"Union Meeting in Mercer County" Courier-Journal(Louisville, Ky.), March 6, 1863.

Find A Grave, "George Trapnall (1813-Apr 26, 1887)," Memorial #137665263, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137665263 (accessed April 8, 2020).

Citation

Trapnall, George. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203028 (November 12, 2026).

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