John W. Courtney

Birth Date

1839-12-20

Death Date

1905-06-26

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Nelson County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Allen Courtney and Elizabeth Courtney. Married to Mary Jane Thompson Courtney in Nelson County in 1860. Stepfather of Mary Thompson, Susan Thompson, John Thompson, Eliza Thompson, James Thompson, Cath Thompson. Farmer in Nelson County in 1860. Served in the 10th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) as private from November 10, 1861 to December 4, 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District No. 2, p. 365. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 1, p. 89. Find A Grave, "John W. Courtney (Dec. 20, 1839-June 26, 1905)," Memorial #37748932, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37748932 (accessed February 11, 2019). Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 813.

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