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George Wolflin (Vanderbugh County, Indiana, sheriff and mill operator)

b. 1827-05-19 d. 1873-10-23

Vanderburgh County, Indiana, sheriff and mill operator. Native of Prussia. Married to Caroline Schaum Wolflin. Father of Louisa Wolflin, Mary Wolflin, and Charles Wolflin. Merchant in Vanderburgh County, Indiana, in 1860. Sheriff in Vanderburgh County from 1861 to 1865. Mill and distillery operator in partnership with Herman Munchoff in Vanderburgh County in 1865.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Indiana, Vanderburgh County, Evansville, Pigeon Township, p. 525.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Indiana, Posey County, Mount Vernon, p. 268B.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Vanderburgh County, KY, June 1863, p. 308.

"Sheriff's Sale," Daily Journal, (Evansville, IN), 24 May 1862, p. 2.

"Election Notice," Daily Journal, (Evansville, IN), 14 Mar 1864, p. 3.

Williams & Company, ed. Williams' Evansville Directory for 1865, (Evansville: E.J. Dobell, 1865), p. 184.

Brant & Fuller, ed. History of Vanderburgh County, Indiana, from the Earliest Times to the present, with Biographical Sketches, Reminiscences, etc. (Madison: Democrat Printing Co, 1889), p. 52.

John C. Leffel, ed., History of Posey County, Indiana, (Chicago: Standard Publishing Company, 1913), p. 90

"George Wolflin (1827-1873)," Find A Grave, Memorial 84414007 , accessed July 27, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84414007 .

Citation

Wolflin, George. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208627 (November 12, 2026).

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