John Gray (Louisville, Kentucky, coal boatman)
b. 1836?
Louisville, Kentucky, coal boatman. Washington, D. C., native. Resident of Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1856. Accused of assaulting Mrs. Nancy Brown in Jefferson County in August 1856. Coal boatman in Louisville in 1860. Imprisoned in the Jefferson County Jail for a misdemeanor by the Jefferson Circuit Court in May 1862.
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- Male
- Race
- White
Bibliography
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 2, p. 570.
"Assault on Woman - Peace Warrant," Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), August 9, 1856, p. 1.
KYR-0001-029-0064.
KYR-0001-029-0081.
Citation
Gray, John. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210484 (November 12, 2026).
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