James D. W. Lovan

Birth Date

1838-10-23

Death Date

1912-12-26

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Hopkins County, Kentucky, laborer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Gabriel G. Lovan and Frances Wilson Lovan. Student in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned one enslaved person in Hopkins County in 1850. Day laborer in Hopkins County in 1860. Household owned nine enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1860. Served in the 2nd Battalion Kentucky Cavalry (C.S.A.) as a private from January 14, 1863 to May 31, 1865. Reported as a prisoner of war on September 10, 1863. Signed a loyalty oath to the U. S. government at Nashville, Tennessee, on May 31, 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 62B-63A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 693.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 594.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 209A.
Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #30681.
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0019.

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