James Gallahue (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard. )
b. 1836 d. 1893
Franklin County, Kentucky, farm laborer and prison guard. Kentucky native. Son of Charles Gallahue and Mary Gallahue. Attended school in Franklin County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farm laborer in Franklin County in 1860. Household owned one enslaved person in Franklin County in 1860. Prison guard at the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Frankfort in 1863.
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- White
Bibliography
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 16B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 218.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 485B.
"James Gallahue (1836-1893)," Find A Grave, Memorial 110783275, accessed March 2, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110783275.
KYR-0001-029-0159.
KYR-0001-029-0217.
Citation
Gallahue, James. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207614 (November 12, 2026).
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