Green F. Higginson

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c1833

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1863-01-02

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"Green F. Higginson" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00012055, (accessed April 20, 2024).

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Union County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier. Missouri native. Son of Hull Higginson and Libby Higginson. Deputy sheriff in Union County, Kentucky in 1850. Merchant in Uniontown, Kentucky in 1860. Appointed postmaster at Uniontown on February 14, 1860. Served in the 4th Kentucky Mounted Infantry (C.S.A.) as private and second lieutenant from September 14, 1861, to January 2, 1863. Died in battle at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on January 2, 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, District 2, p. 342A-B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, Uniontown, p. 545. Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28 (from 1858 to 1875), p. 188 (accessed via Ancestry.com). Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0099.

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