Person

George Knorr (Newport, Kentucky farmer and felon)

b. 1830 d. 1901

Newport, Kentucky, farmer. Native of Hanover, Germany. Married to Sophia Sheele Knorr in Pendleton County, Kentucky, on December 28, 1857. Father of Rosa Knorr and Theresa Knorr. Farmer in Newport in 1860. Convicted of manslaughter in the Campbell Circuit Court. Pardoned by Beriah Magoffin in October 1861.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 214.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, Ward 9, p. 215A.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Film # 994054: Pendleton County Marriages, 1857, p. 9 of 20 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com).

Find A Grave, "George Knorr (1830-1901)," Memorial #97083396, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97083396 (accessed March 9, 2018).

KYR-0001-020-1473.

Citation

Knorr, George. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208779 (November 12, 2026).

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