F. Rolly W. Chapman

Birth Date

1828-03-25

Death Date

1910-05-06

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Adair County, Kentucky, carpenter and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Rolly Chapman and Priscilla Chapman. Married to Sally Chapman. Father of Lucy J. Chapman, Samuel T. Chapman, William Louis Chapman, John Chapman, Kate Chapman, and James Toby Chapman. Laborer in Clinton County, Kentucky, in 1850. Carpenter in Russell County in 1860. Served in the 32nd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) as captain and first lieutenant from April 15, 1863, to December 1863. Served in 13th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry (U.S.A.) as second lieutenant and first lieutenant from December 23, 1863 to January 10, 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, District 1, p. 176B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Russell County, Russell, p. 360. Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, Neatsville, p. 44A. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 360. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 305, 913. Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773-2007, U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, Series Number T288 Find A Grave, "James T. Chapman (Feb. 24, 1865-Apr. 30, 1940)," Memorial #66227121, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66227121 (accessed January 30, 2020). Find A Grave, "Rolley W. Chapman (Mar 25, 1828-May 6, 1910)," Memorial #39137999, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39137999(accessed January 30, 2020).

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