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George Goodnight, Jr. (Harrison County, Ky, farmer )

b. 1825?

Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of George Goodnight, Sr., and Elizabeth Goodnight. Married to Theresa Goodnight. Farmer in Harrison County, Kentucky, in 1850. Resident of Harrison County in 1860. Household owned one enslaved person in Harrison County in 1860.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 151B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 546.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 116B.

Citation

Goodnight, George, Jr.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32280541 (November 12, 2026).

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