Person

Washington Carlton (Hancock County tailor and hotel keeper)

b. 1795?

Hancock County, Kentucky, tailor and hotel keeper. Virginia native. Married to Eliza Carlton. Father of Ann Elizabeth Carlton Vickers, Oletha Carlton, Virginia Carlton, Edmonia Carlton, Thomas D. Carlton, Mary F. Carlton, Joseph W. Carlton, and William S. Carlton. Appointed postmaster of Hawesville, Kentucky, on December 20, 1844. Tailor in Hancock County in 1850. Hotel keeper in Hancock County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Hawesville, p. 115.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, Town of Hawesville, p. 7.

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, vol. 14, (accessed via Ancestry.com).

Citation

Carlton, Washington. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214892 (November 12, 2026).

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