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David E. Craig (Grant County, Kentucky, postmaster, merchant, attorney, justice of the peace, and farmer)

b. 1823 d. 1891

Grant County, Kentucky, postmaster, merchant, attorney, justice of the peace, and farmer. Kentucky native. Postmaster in Grant County, Kentucky, in 1847. Merchant in Grant County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Grant County in 1850. Attorney in Grant County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Grant County in 1862. Farmer in Grant County in 1863.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Crittenden, p. 341B- 342A

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 110.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Crittenden, p. 996.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Crittenden, p. 517 A.

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971 Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Grant County, Kentucky, vol. 14, p. 618.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Grant County, KY, June-July 1863, p. 55.

"David E. Craig (1823-1891)," Find A Grave, Memorial #104930104, accessed November 1, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104930104.

KYR-0001-031-0055

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Craig, David E.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32205739 (November 12, 2026).

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