George Reid Barber

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1820-02-07

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1899-11-20

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"George Reid Barber" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00000877, (accessed November 4, 2025).

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Fleming County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Bath County, Kentucky, native. Married to Sarah Johnson Barber. Father of Gennetta Barber, Louisiana A. Barber, Landers Barber, Lewis Barber, George William Barber, John J. Barber, and Louvena Mary A. Barber. Farmer in Fleming County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Fleming County in 1860. Served in the 24th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a captain from December 31, 1861 to January 31, 1865. Served in Captain Barber’s Company (Fleming County State Guard) (U.S.A.) as a captain from June 1865 to November 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, Division 2.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, p. 51.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, Hillsboro Precinct, p. 14.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0365 and 0492.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 174, 900.

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