Person

George Woodruff (Miller) (Franklin County, Kentucky, cigar maker)

b. 1826?

Franklin County, Kentucky, prisoner and cigar maker. Virginia native. Convicted of obtaining money under false pretenses in Louisville, Kentucky, on January 18, 1860. Prisoner in the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Frankfort, from December 1859 until his pardon on January 21, 1865. Cigar maker in Frankfort in 1860.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, District 1, p. 288.

_”The Confidence Men.” Louisville Daily Courier. (Louisville, KY.) December 17, 1859. (accessed via Newspapers.com)

_”Circuit Court- Criminal Term.” Courier-Journal. (Louisville, KY.) January 19, 1860. (accessed via Newspapers.com)

_”The Criminal Court.” Louisville Daily Courier. (Louisville, KY.) January 19, 1860. (accessed via Newspapers.com)

_ “Escaped Convict Arrested.” Louisville Daily Courier. (Louisville, KY.) November 26, 1860. (accessed via Newspapers.com)

KYR-0001-004-1479

KYR-0001-004-1480

Citation

Woodruff, George. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32212148 (November 12, 2026).

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