John Dunkerson

Birth Date

1843-01-15

Death Date

1911-04-22

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Hopkins County, Kentucky, farm laborer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Moses W. Dunkerson and Mary Dunkerson. Student in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned one enslaved person in Hopkins County in 1850. Student and farm laborer in Hopkins County in 1860. Household owned one enslaved person in Hopkins County in 1860. Served in the 8th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from September 13, 1862, to September 23, 1863. Reported as deserted in February 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 139A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 729.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 658.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 12B.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0089.
"John L Dunkerson (1843-1911)," Find A Grave, Memorial #200472018, accessed August 10, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/200472018.

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