Silas Gatewood

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c1809

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1880

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"Silas Gatewood" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00000998, (accessed April 28, 2024).

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Trimble County, Kentucky, school teacher. Kentucky native. Married to Frances A. Bell Gatewood in 1835. Father of Martha B. Gatewood. Mary E. Gatewood, Pulaski B. Gatewood, Silas Gatewood, Jr., and Fanny Omega Gatewood. Appointed Postmaster in Bedford, Trimble County in 1834. School teacher in Trimble County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trimble County, Bedford, p. 63.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Trimble County, p. 6.
Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971. NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, 145 rolls. Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28. Washington, D.C.: National Archives.
Marriage Records. Kentucky Marriages. Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky.
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Federal Mortality Census Schedules, 1850-1880, and Related Indexes, 1850-1880; Archive Collection: T655; Archive Roll Number: 20; Census Year: 1880; Census Place: Milton, Trimble, Kentucky.

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