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Kenton County, Kentucky, tobacconist and messenger. Pennsylvania native. Married to Catherine Gibson. Father of William Gibson, Lydia A. Gibson, Parthena Gibson, Kate Gibson, George Gibson, and John N.M. Gibson. Tobacconist in Kenton County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Kenton County in 1850. Messenger in Kenton County in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, Ward 4, pp. 265A-265B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, Ward 5, p. 10.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington/Ward 4, p. 670.

Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport (before 1911), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #7007126, Jefferson County Deaths.

Citation

Gibson, George. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210721 (January 18, 2026).

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Petition
Green Clay Smith et al. to Beriah Magoffin
1861-10-26

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