Alexander Wake Holeman

Birth Date

1827-07

Death Date

1887-10-19

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Owen County, Kentucky, laborer, machinist, hotelkeeper, and soldier. Frankfort, Kentucky, native. Son of Jacob H. Holeman and Mary Ann Holeman. Married to Jane B. English Holeman in Owen County, Kentucky, on February 3, 1852. Father of J. H. Holeman, Betty Holeman, Annie W. Holeman, and John Holeman. Laborer in Owen County in 1850. Machinist and hotelkeeper in Owen County in 1860. Owned nine enslaved persons in Owen County in 1860. Served in the Ohio River Battalion of Kentucky State Guard as major until his resignation on September 23, 1861. Served in the 12th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a captain, major, and lieutenant colonel from July 29, 1862, to November 18, 1863. Served in the 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as colonel from November 19, 1863, to September 26, 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owen County, District 1, p. 226A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owen County, District 2, p. 226.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Owen County, District No. 2, p. 8A.
Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Enumeration District 150, p. 463C.
Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911), KDLA, 7007127: Jefferson County, Books 5-6 (1879-1887), p. 390.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0118.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Owen County Marriages, 1819-1863, Film 000272769.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 270, 302.
"LTC Alexander Wake Holeman (1827-1887)," Find A Grave, Memorial 25498287, accessed July 19, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25498287.
KYR-0001-018-0065.

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