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George Colvin Lightfoot (Pendleton County, KY, merchant, tavern keeper, JP)

b. 1804 d. 1884

Pendleton County, Kentucky, merchant, tavern keeper, and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Married to Malinda O. Holton Lightfoot in Pendleton County, Kentucky, on June 10, 1830. Father of George N. Lightfoot, Laura Lightfoot, Frank Lightfoot, and C. D. Lightfoot. Postmaster in Falmouth from December 31, 1841. Hotelkeeper in Covington, Kentucky, in 1850. Merchant and tavern keeper in Pendleton County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Pendleton County in November 1861.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, p. 222B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pendleton County, Falmouth, p. 429.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pendleton County, Falmouth, p. 405B.

“George Colton Lightfoot (1804-1884)," Find A Grave, Memorial # 67858900, accessed March 17, 2021, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67858900/george-colvin-lightfoot.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Pendleton County Marriages, Film 000272804.

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971. Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Pendleton County, Kentucky, vol. 12A, p. 418.

KYR-0001-021-0044.

Citation

Lightfoot, George Colvin. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209687 (November 12, 2026).

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