Person

George Huston (Union County, Kentucky, attorney and farmer)

b. 1821-02-05 d. 1904-08-01

Union County, Kentucky, attorney and farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Benjamin Huston and Hanna Friley Huston Jones. Married to Sarah "Sally" Brady Huston in Union County on June 13, 1843. Father of Llewellyn C. Huston, Frank Huston, Nannie Huston, Allen Huston, Prudence Huston, Susan Huston, George H. Huston, Cartwell Huston, Nellie Huston, and Sallie C. Huston. Attorney in Union County in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Union County in 1850. Attorney in Union County in 1860. Farmer in Union County in 1860. Owned twenty-four enslaved persons in Union County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, District 2, p. 510A.

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

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, Morganfield, p. 527

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, Morganfield, p. 416A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, Morganfield Precinct, p. 344B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Union County Marriages, Film 000562198.

"Long Life," The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), August 3, 1904, p. 3.

History of Union County, Kentucky: A Complete Account of the Settlement, Organization and Government of the County, Together with Facts and Figures Concerning the Society, Professions, Commerce, Industries, Agriculture, Coal, Railroads, Education, Religion, and Other Institutions and Resources of the County, and Biographical Sketches of Its Leading Citizens, (Evansville, IN: Courier Co., 1886), pp. 198-202.

"George Huston (1821-1904)," Find A Grave, Memorial 106391031, accessed December 19, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106391031.

Citation

Huston, George. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32212677 (November 12, 2026).

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