Walter B. Lawton

Birth Date

c1815

Death Date

c1866

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Ohio County, Kentucky, cabinet maker and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah J. Lawton. Father of Georgie Lawton. Cabinet maker in Ohio County in 1860. Enrolled in 143rd Indiana Infantry in 1865. Deserted 143rd Indiana Infantry January 21, 1865.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ohio, Hartford, p. 202. _Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, vol. 7, 1861-1865 (Indianapolis: Samuel M. Douglass, State Printer, 1867), 460. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #9940XX, Ohio County Marriages, p. 4934. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 398.

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