James Oscar Hunter

Birth Date

1842

Death Date

1900

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmhand and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Andrew J. Hunter and Sabra B. Hunter. Student in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmhand in Caldwell County in 1860. Household owned two enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1860. Served in the 3rd Kentucky Infantry Regiment (C.S.A.) as a private from January 29, 1862 to April 13, 1865. Signed a loyalty oath to the U.S. government on May 1, 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 349B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 80.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 221B.
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0092.
Find A Grave, "James Oscar Hunter (1842-1900)," Memorial #85698569, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85698569 (accessed April 5, 2021).

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