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Gustavus A. Flournoy (Paducah, Kentucky, postmaster and county judge)

b. 1798?

Paducah, Kentucky, judge and postmaster. Virginia native. Married to Margaret Flournoy. Father of George B. Flournoy, Clara J. Flournoy, Thomas A. Flournoy, Rosa J. Flournoy. Postmaster in Paducah, Kentucky, from October 1, 1849, to August 27, 1853. County judge in McCracken County in 1860. County judge in McCracken County in 1862. County judge in McCracken County in 1865.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken County, Paducah and Suburbs, p. 141A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken County, District 2, p. 826.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken County, Precinct 3, p. 27A.

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), 298-306.

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971 Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, McCracken County, Kentucky, vol. 14, p. 672.

KYR-0001-007-0648.

KYR-0001-031-0031.

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Flournoy, Gustavus A.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211566 (November 12, 2026).

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