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George W. Bailey (Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1809?

Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Elizabeth Winstead Bailey. Father to Rebecca Bailey, Susan C. Bailey, Bushard D Bailey, Richard R. Bailey, John Bailey, George W. Bailey, William Bailey, and Waid H. Bailey. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1850. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1860. Employed Thomas May as a day laborer in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1860. Signed a bond of loyalty to the United States of America in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1864.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 153B-54A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 733.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville District, p. 731-32.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville District, p. 215B.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File # 15191.

Louisville Daily Journal, Dec. 31, 1864, p. 4.

Citation

Bailey, George W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214270 (November 12, 2026).

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