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One George Kelso, or two?

In February 1863, George Kelso, free man of color, was the first man to volunteer to serve in Joseph Brent's expedition to sink the USS Indianola. He went on the expedition as Brent's personal manservant, and returned alive to Alexandria. This should qualify him as a genuine, bonafide, Confederate war hero.

I am trying to find out if he is the same person as George Y. Kelso, free man of color from Rapides Parish, who served as a Louisiana state senator in 1868. This George Kelso would have been 20 years old in 1863, and had a "white" complexion.

Would anybody have access to an 1860 Rapides Parish census? Does it show two George Kelsos in the parish at that time, or just one, or any at all? Any suggestions from anyone as to how I could determine if these men are one and the same, or not, would be appreciated.

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