George G. Barriger

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1834-05-23

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1897-03-17

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White

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"George G. Barriger" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00007020, (accessed August 3, 2025).

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Graves County, Kentucky, farmer. Married to Martha Jane Barriger. Father of Ella Barriger, Anna Barriger, and Sallie Barriger. Farmer in Graves County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in 1860. Postmaster of Wilson’s Creek, Kentucky, from March 1860 to July 1863.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, p. 22. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, p. 32. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken County, District 2, p. 2. Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, Wilson's Creek, Graves County, Kentucky, (accessed via Ancestry.com). Find A Grave, "George G. Barriger (1834-1897)," Memorial #35206921, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35206921/george-g.-barriger (accessed June 13, 2017).

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