Vincent Braswell

Birth Date

c1827

Death Date

1862-06-22

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Hopkins County, Kentucky, coal digger and soldier. Tennessee native. Married to Lucinda A. Sisk Braswell in Robertson County, Tennessee, on August 5, 1853. Father of Mary E. Braswell, Samuel H. Braswell, and Martha Braswell. Laborer in Robertson County in 1850. Coal digger in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in the 25th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a sergeant from January 1, 1862 to April 13, 1862. Served in the 17th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from April 13, 1862 to June 22, 1862. Died while in military service at Henderson, Kentucky, on June 22, 1862.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Robertson County, District 5, p. 37B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 639.
Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, Robertson County Marriages, 1878-1886.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Rolls 0299, 0373.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 960-1.

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