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Gustavus "Gus" G. Slaughter, Sr. (Webster County, Kentucky, trader and postmaster)

b. 1833? d. 1918-04-13

Webster County, Kentucky, trader and postmaster. Kentucky native. Married to Catherine "Kate" Morris in Webster County, Kentucky, on October 31, 1860. Father of Laura Slaughter, Helen Slaughter, and Gustavus Slaughter. Trader in Webster County in 1860. Owned eight enslaved persons in Webster County in 1860. Household owned nine additional enslaved persons in Webster County in 1860. Postmaster of Slaughtersville in Webster County from November 1, 1860, to August 8, 1865.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 476.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 480A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Nebo, p. 82B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Webster County Marriages, Film #000568132, p. 141.

"Gustavus Greene "Gus" Slaughter Sr. (1833-1918)," Find A Grave, Memorial #91981661, accessed March 31, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91981661.

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971 Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Webster County, Kentucky, vol. 28, p. 207.

Citation

Slaughter, Gustavus "Gus" G., Slaughter,. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208630 (November 12, 2026).

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