Person

John Gill (Jefferson County, Kentucky, merchant.)

b. 1813? d. 1870-02-20

Jefferson County, Kentucky, merchant. Pennsylvania, native. Married to Hannah Gill. Father of George W. Gill, Charles A. Gill, Samuel G. Gill, and Sarah Gill. Store owner in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Jefferson County in 1850. Lumber merchant in Jefferson County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Jefferson County in 1860. Member of the Subsistence Committee in Louisville in 1861.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville/Ward 7, p. 355A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville/District 4, p. 65.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville/Ward 7, p. 484.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville/Ward 7, p. 4.

"Meeting of the Subsistence Committee," Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), October 3, 1861, p. 3.

Citation

Gill, John. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204962 (November 12, 2026).

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