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Pinkney W. Dryden (Christian County, Kentucky, postmaster, Justice of the peace, and physician)

b. 1807?

Christian County, Kentucky, postmaster, justice of the peace, and physician. Kentucky native. Married to Margaret Ann Craig Dryden. Father of Sarah A. Dryden, Agnes Dryden, Matilda P. Dryden, Victoria Dryden, Larissa J. Dryden, Walter Craig Dryden, Luella Dryden, and Pinkney W. Dryden, Jr. Postmaster of Creelsburgh in Russell County, Kentucky, from February 5,1832, to March 1837. Resident in Christian County in 1840. Owned four enslaved persons in Christian County in 1840. Physician in Christian County in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Christian County in 1850. Physician in Christian County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Christian County in 1860. Appointed justice of the peace in Christian County on December 10, 1862.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, p. 220.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 1, p. 454A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 1, p. 37.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 656.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 266B.

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971 Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Russell County, Kentucky, vol. 12A, p. 428.

Texas Death Certificates, 1903-1982, Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin, TX, File #39967.

KYR-0001-031-0081.

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Dryden, Pinkney W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209708 (November 12, 2026).

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