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Griffin Kelly (Henry County, Kentucky, farmer and postmaster.)

b. 1810-01-25 d. 1887-11-01

Henry County, Kentucky, farmer and postmaster. Kentucky native. Married to Rebecca Jane Smith Kelly in Oldham County, Kentucky, on September 25, 1834. Father of Elizabeth Kelly, Isaac Kelly, Joseph Kelly, Hellen Kelly, and Clinton Kelly. Farmer in Henry County in 1850. Owned fourteen enslaved persons in Henry County in 1850. Postmaster for Midview in Henry County from March 12, 1857 to January 29, 1858. Farmer in Henry County in 1860. Owned eight enslaved persons Henry County in 1860. in Postmaster for Midview in Henry County from August 21, 1860 to September 29, 1863.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, District 2, p. 443B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, District 2.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, Subdivision 1, p. 391.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, Subdivision, p. 178B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Oldham County Marriages, Film 000482444.

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Henry County, Kentucky, vol. 14, p. 640-641.

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Henry County, Kentucky, vol. 28, p. 96.

Biographical Cyclopedia of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Embracing Biographies of Many of the Prominent Men and Families of the State (Chicago: John M. Gresham Company, 1896) pp. 307-308.

"Griffin Kelly (1810-1887)," Find A Grave, Memorial 28398132, accessed September 26, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28398132 .

Citation

Kelly, Griffin. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211027 (January 18, 2026).

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