James H. Tinsley

Birth Date

1843-01-19

Death Date

1912-02-03

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Knox County, Kentucky, soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Alfred Tinsley and Mary Craig Tinsley. Married to Elizabeth Hanna Tinsley. Student in Knox County, Kentucky, in 1850. Resident of Knox County in 1860. Served in the 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as first sergeant from September 22, 1861, to January 25, 1863. Served in the 7th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as second lieutenant from January 25, 1863, to August 4, 1863. Served in the 49th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as first lieutenant and adjutant from December 23, 1863, to December 26, 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Knox County, p. 335B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Knox County, Barbourville, p. 26.
U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Application #981,992, Certificate #739,530.
Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7016141, Kenton County Deaths, File #4665.
Find A Grave, "James H. Tinsley (1843-1912)," Memorial #15413786, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15413786 (accessed June 23, 2020).

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