Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Anderson County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Melear Gordan on July 19, 1832. Father of Catharine Gordan, Harvery Gordan, and Mary J. Gordan. Farmer in Anderson County in 1850 and 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Anderson County, p. 227; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Anderson County, p. 474; Kentucky, County Marriages, 1783-1965, Ancestry, film no. 001550673, Anderson County, Kentucky, July 19, 1832.

Citation

Gordan, Sanford. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210436 (November 12, 2026).

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Thomas M. Freeman et al. to James F. Robinson

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