Granville L. Maret

Granville Love Maret (December 13, 1822 - February 10, 1872) was a Union captain during the American Civil War, postmaster, and justice of the peace for the fourth district in Whitley County, Kentucky.

Early life Granville Love Maret was born Granville Love Merritt on December 13, 1822, near Lowell, Kentucky.

Before the Civil War On December 24, 1846, Granville married Mary Gatliff in Williamsburg, Kentucky. They had one child, Mollie, in 1849.

In the 1850 United States census, Maret, aged 28 years, was shown to be working as a farmhand in Williamsburg, Kentucky, on the farm of his Father-in-law, Thomas Jefferson Gatliff (1813-1852).

From the late 1850s to either 1860 or 1861, he was a justice of the peace for the fourth district in Whitley County, Kentucky.

During the Civil War On July 20, 1861, Granville and Elizabeth were wed in Williamsburg, Kentucky, due to her pregnancy. Only 1 month later, on August 20, Maret was among the first to enroll in the American Civil War in Whitley County, Kentucky, along with his brother-in-law, Elias S. Bowman. And after a little over a month, on September 22, 1861, he was mustered in at Camp Dick Robinson to Company G, of the 3rd regiment Kentucky volunteer infantry. Around January 1863, he was described as being sickly. In the 1869 Rockcastle County tax book, he is listed as owning 10 acres of land, and a few cattle. All being worth $135. He owned 1 milk cow. He farmed corn, oats, tobacco, potatoes and more. He made and sold butter and molasses. In 1870, his entire farm was valued at an estimated $229.

Granville L. Maret died on February 10, 1872, on his farm in Mount Vernon, Kentucky.