Person

Lewis Dragoo (Nelson County, Kentucky, trader)

b. 1805?

Nelson County, Kentucky, trader. Married to Rose Ann Moore on May 5, 1831. Adopted father of Isabell Hoskins Dragoo. Engaged in manufacture and trade in Nelson County in 1840. Owned two enslaved persons in 1840. Constable in Nelson County in 1850. Trader in Nelson County in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 1, p. 278A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 1, p. 157.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 1, p. 180.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 1, p. 109B

Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Kentucky, Nelson County, Film # 000481488, May 5, 1831 (accessed via ancestry.com).

Citation

Dragoo, Lewis. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208622 (November 12, 2026).

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