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George Parker (Union County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff)

b. 1807? d. 1871?

Union County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff. Maryland native. Married to Elizabeth Parker. Father of Mary Parker, S. C. Parker, and Martha A. Parker. Farmer in Union County in 1850. Owned seven enslaved persons in Union County in 1850. Elected Sheriff of the Union County Court in 1854. Unsuccessful Know Nothing candidate for sheriff of the Union County Court in 1856. Unsuccessful Know Nothing candidate for sheriff of the Union County court in 1858. Farmer in Union County in 1860. Owned ten enslaved persons in Union County in 1860. Elected Sheriff of the Union County Court as a Unionist in 1862.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, District 2, p. 505B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, District No. 2, p. 341.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, p. 325.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, p. 400B.
History of Union County, Kentucky: A Complete Account of the Settlement, Organization and Government of the County, Together with Facts and Figures Concerning the Society, Professions, Commerce, Industries, Agriculture, Coal, Railroads, Education, Religion, and Other Institutions and Resources of the County and Biographical Sketches of its Leading Citizens, (Evansville, IN: Courier Co., Printers, Binders and Engravers, 1886), 84-88, 193.

Citation

Parker, George. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203311 (November 12, 2026).

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