George Gottlieb Knapper (Louisville, Kentucky, tavern keeper.)
b. 1831-09-21 d. 1904-02-04
Louisville, Kentucky, tavern keeper. Native of Wurttemberg. Married to Anna L. Greinner Knapper in Louisville, Kentucky, on February 20, 1859. Father of George Knapper and Mary Knapper. Laborer in Louisville in 1860. Porter in Louisville in 1861. Indicted for assault on E. Noll in Louisville in October 25, 1862. Tavern keeper in Louisville in 1865.
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Bibliography
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 843.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, p. 574B-575A.
"Official: Board of Aldermen" Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), 6 May, 1865, p. 4.
"German Citizen Dies of Blood Poisoning" Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), 5 Feb, 1904, p. 10.
Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #29588.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Jefferson County Courthouse, Louisville, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000482708, p. 131.
"George Gottlieb Knapper (1831-1904)," Find A Grave, Memorial #132421641, accessed May 27, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132421641.
Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 142.
KYR-0001-029-0260.
KYR-0001-029-0092.
Citation
Knapper, George Gottlieb. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213321 (November 12, 2026).
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