Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Kentucky farmer and hotel keeper. Married to Elizabeth Barclay Gray. Father of Ben B. Gray, Mary S. Gray, Ella V. Gray, Richard L. Gray, Sarah A. Gray, Robert J. Gray, Martha E. Gray, and Lucinda B. Gray. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Trimble County, Kentucky, from 1844 to 1846. Judge in Trimble County from 1850 to 1854. Sheriff of Trimble County. Farmer in Henry County in 1860. Owned ten enslaved persons in Henry County in 1860.

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Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

The Biographical Encyclopædia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century, vol. 1 (Cincinnati: J. M. Armstrong & Company, 1878), 317.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, Town of New Castle, p. 5.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, Town of New Castle, p. 2.

Citation

Gray, Robert B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207144 (February 11, 2026).

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Documents (3)

Petition
George C. Deane et al. to James F. Robinson
1862-12-05
Petition
J. P. Sparks et al. to Unknown
1863-11-02
Correspondence
Robert B. Gray et al. to James F. Robinson and John W. Finnell
1863-06-01

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