Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah Redd Godman Rutledge in Harrison County, Kentucky, in June 1846. Father of Margaret Rutledge, Sarah E. Rutledge, and Eliza Rutledge. Stepfather of John W. Godman, James M. Godman, Francis Marion Godman, Samuel Beckett Godman, and Lewis M. Godman. Farmer in Harrison County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Harrison County in 1850. Farmer in Harrison County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Harrison County in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 126B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 395.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 487.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, p. 111A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Harrison County Marriages, Film #000216886.

Citation

Rutledge, William W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207074 (November 12, 2026).

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Thomas Boyd et al. to James R. Curry

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