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Calvin Brogan (Knox County, Kentucky, wagoner, grocer, and jailer)

b. 1820?

Knox County, Kentucky, wagoner, grocer, and jailer. Tennessee native. Married to Mahala Payne Brogan. Father of Hiram Brogan, John Brogan, Amanda Brogan, Elizabeth Jane Brogan, Nancy Brogan, Richard Brogan, Green Brogan, and George Brogan. Married to Sarah Gibson Brogan. Father of Virginia “Jennie” Brogan and Isabel Brogan. Wagoner in Knox County, Kentucky, in 1850. Grocery keeper in Knox County in 1860. Jailer of the Knox County Jail in Barbourville in 1860. Jailer of the Knox County Jail in Barbourville in 1862.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Knox County, p. 366 B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Knox County, Barboursville, p. 26.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Knox County, Subdivision 93, p. 467 A.

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862,” Legislative Document Series, No. 24 (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 304.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994044, Knox County Births.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994044, Knox County Marriages, p. 26-27.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #2338.

KYR-0001-021-0012.

Citation

Brogan, Calvin. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211179 (November 12, 2026).

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