George W. Gwin

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1808-02-11

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1881-01-24

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"George W. Gwin" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00005407, (accessed November 4, 2025).

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Franklin County, Kentucky, merchant and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Married to Catharine S. Gwin. Father of Thomas J. Gwin, Susan Gwin, and Catherine “Kate” L. Gwin. Married to Julia Ann Smith Gwin in Scott County on October 27, 1853. Engaged in manufacture and trade in Franklin County in 1840. Owned one enslaved person in Franklin County in 1840. Hardware merchant in Franklin County in 1850. Employed Richard A. Bohannon as a clerk in Franklin County in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1850. Merchant in Franklin County in 1860. Administered seven enslaved persons for Thomas Coleman in Franklin County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Franklin County in 1865. Member of the International Order of Oddfellows.

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, South Frankfort, p. 306. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort District 2, p. 53B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort District 2, p. 879 (p. 2 of microfilm). Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort District 1, p. 236. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort District 1, p. 501B (p. 13 of microfilm). Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort District, p. 144A. Find A Grave, "George W. Gwin (1808-1905)," Memorial 74517922, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74517922 (accessed December 23, 2019). Find A Grave, "Catharine S. Gwin (1813-1853)," Memorial 23360575,
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23360575/catharine-s_-gwin (accessed December 23, 2019). Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Scott County Marriages, Film #000183225, p. 96 of microfilm. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994034: Fleming, Floyd, Franklin, Fulton County Deaths, p. 524 of microfilm. KYR-0001-005-0116.

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