Person

George W. Doneghy (Boyle County, Kentucky, Sheriff)

b. 1800-01-25 d. 1865-06-02

Boyle County, Kentucky, sheriff. Michigan Territory native. Sheriff of Boyle County, Kentucky in 1855. Trustee of Common School in District 21 in Boyle County in 1856. Owned one enslaved person in Boyle County in 1860. Sheriff in Boyle County in 1862.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, Danville, p. 843.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, p. 19.

Find A Grave, "George W. Doneghy (Jan. 25, 1800-Jun. 2, 1865)," Memorial #60006139, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60006139 (accessed April 15, 2020).

"August Election," The Kentucky Tribune(Danville, Ky.), July 13, 1855, p. 2.

"The Common School," The Kentucky Tribune(Danville, Ky.), May 30, 1856, p. 3.

Citation

Doneghy, George W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214009 (November 12, 2026).

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