George W. Conner

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c1830

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"George W. Conner" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00000490, (accessed February 25, 2025).

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Bath County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of John Harrison Conner and Elizabeth Ewing Nichols. Mercantile clerk in Bath County in 1850. Merchant in Owingsville in 1860. Captain of the 5th Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry Regiment (Confederate) from November 1861 to April 1862. Prisoner of war from January 1862 to April 1862. Major of the 5th Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry Regiment (Confederate) from April 1862 to November 1862. Lieutenant colonel of the 5th Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry Regiment (Confederate) from November 1862 to to June 1865 .

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Powell County, p. 6. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, Owingville, p. 6. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0107.

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