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Robert Jackson Elliott (Louisville, Kentucky, city attorney and councilman)

b. 1824-03-02 d. 1903-01-26

Louisville, Kentucky, city attorney and councilman. Kentucky native. Son of William Elliott and Eliza Fowke Elliot. Married to Nancy O'Neal Elliott in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on January 13, 1847. Father of John William Elliott, Eliza Fowke Elliott, and Nancy Eliza Elliott. Married to Annie C. VanOrten Elliott in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on May 16, 1855. Father of Edwin J. Elliott, Nellie Elliott, Kate Elliott, Hattie Elliott, Robert J. Elliott, Jr., and Annie L. Elliott. Graduate of Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1846. Admitted to the bar in 1847. Attorney in Louisville in 1850. Served in the Washington Blues Company of the Louisville Legion from 1851 to 1852. City attorney of Louisville from 1855 to 1861. Partner with Edwin S. Craig in the law firm of Craig & Elliott in Louisville from 1859 to 1861. Member of the City Council of Louisville from 1863 to 1864. Attorney in Louisville in 1863. Assistant city attorney of Louisville from 1864 to 1868.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville District 2, p. 198B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 5, p. 447B.

Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, ED 120, p. 13.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000482707, p. 142.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000482708, p. 115.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994042, Jefferson County Deaths.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Jefferson County, KY, July 1863, p. 64.

H. Charles Ulman, Lawyers' Record and Official Register of the United States, (New York: A. S. Barnes & Co., 1872), 526.

John Livingston, Livingston's United States Law Register and Official Directory, (New York: John A. Gray, Printer, 1859), 300.

[Untitled], Daily Courier, (Louisville, KY), 12 Aug 1851, p. 2.

"Grand Military and Civic Ball," Daily Courier, (Louisville, KY), 18 Nov 1852, p. 3.

"Louisville City Election," Kentucky Tribune, (Lexington, KY), 13 April 1855, p. 3.

"Board of Aldermen," Daily Courier, (Louisville, KY), 15 March 1856, p. 1.

"Know Nothing Municipal Nominations," Daily Courier, (Louisville, KY), 9 March 1857, p. 3.

"Board of Alderman," Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), 10 Dec 1859, p.1.

"City Union Convention," Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), 18 March 1861, p. 3.

"Board of Common Council," Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), 11 April 1863, p. 1.

"Meeting of the City Council," Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), 23 Jan 1864, p. 1.

"Board of Aldermen," Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), 26 March 1864, p. 1.

"Council Proceedings," Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), 25 March 1864, p. 3.

[Untitled], Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), 13 May 1865, p. 3.

"Board of Aldermen," Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), 22 Jan 1868, p. 2.

"At Ripe Age," The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), January 27, 1903, p. 8.

Louisville City Directory and Business Mirror for 1858-9, (Louisville: Hurd & Burrows, 1859), 58.

Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 64, 81.

Edwards' Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville, For 1865-6 (Louisville: Edwards, Greenough & Deved, 1866), 288.

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Elliott, Robert Jackson. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213175 (November 12, 2026).

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