Colin G. Gordon (Louisville contractor)
b. 1805?
Louisville, Kentucky, contractor. Native of Scotland. Married to Sarah Ann Reed Hutchinson in Jefferson County on October 6, 1840. Father of Elizabeth Gordon and Mary Gordon. Contractor in Louisville in 1860. Contractor in Louisville in 1860. Employed Mary Kelly in 1860. Wagon master in the 28th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) from January 3, 1862, to April 7, 1862.
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- Sex
- Male
- Race
- White
Bibliography
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 615.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 10, p. 112.
Henry Tanner, ed., Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 102.
Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Film # 000482706, Jefferson County, October 6, 1840, p. 137.
Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Film # 000817881, Jefferson County, October 6, 1840.
KYR-0001-027-0043
Citation
Gordon, Colin G.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209859 (November 12, 2026).
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