George W. Ratcliffe

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1829-03-19

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1905-03-09

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"George W. Ratcliffe" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00005713, (accessed July 29, 2025).

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Paducah, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of A. G. Ratcliffe and Rebecca Ratcliffe. Farmer in McCracken County in 1850. Farmer in McCracken County in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in McCracken County in 1860. Sheriff of McCracken County in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken, District 2, p. 165B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken County, District 2, p. 71.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken County, District 2, p. 429B.
“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862,” in 1863 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 24 (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 169.
Find A Grave, "George W. Ratcliffe (1829-1905)," Memorial #93558574, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93558574 (accessed July 2, 2019).

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