John Gambill

Birth Date

1825

Death Date

1862-10-27

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Breathitt County, Kentucky, farmer. North Carolina native. Married to Elizabeth Spencer Gambill. Father of Granville Gambill, Delila Gambill, Joseph Gambill, Isabel Gambill, William Gambill, John Gambill, and Louise Gambill. Farmer in Breathitt County in 1850. Resident of Perry County, Kentucky, in 1853. Farmer in Perry County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Perry County in 1860. Enlisted in the 5th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (C.S.A.) as a private on September 1, 1862. Reported as a deserted in Morgan County, Kentucky, on October 23, 1862. Killed on October 27, 1862.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breathitt County, District 1, p. 43B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Perry County, District 1, pp. 718-9.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Perry County, District 1, p. 192A.
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0108.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994052, Perry County Births.
"John Gambill (1825-1862)," Find A Grave, Memorial 32521081, accessed August 10, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32521081.

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