Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Harrodsburg, Kentucky, sheriff. Kentucky native. Married to Mary A. Walder Tompkins in June 1851. Father of Bettie W. Tompkins, Anna Tompkins, and Mary A. Tompkins. Sheriff of Mercer County, Kentucky, in Harrodsburg in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Harrodsburg in 1860.

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Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, p. 713

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, p. 48B

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, County Marriages, Film #000191860, p. 336.

Find A Grave, George W. Tompkins (1809-1872)," Memorial #21004869, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21004869 (accessed May 16, 2017).

Citation

Tompkins, George W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210955 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
Eliza Moore et al. to Beriah Magoffin
1861-10-01

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