Samuel G. Watson

Birth Date

1843-12-27

Death Date

1912-11-12

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Taylor County, Kentucky, resident and soldier. Adair County, Kentucky, native. Son of Archer Watson and Eliza Watson. Married to Nancy Howard Watson in Taylor County, Kentucky, in December 1865. Resident of Adair County in 1850. Resident of Taylor County in 1860. Served in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private and corporal from December 31, 1861 to January 12, 1865. Wounded in battle in Tennessee in November 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, District 2, p. 76B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Taylor County, Division 1, p. 614.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kansas, Montgomery County, Cherry Township, p. 576B.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0269.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Taylor County Marriages, Film 000983728.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 859.
"Samuel G. Watson Dead," The Weekly Republican (Cherryvale, KS), November 14, 1912, p. 8.
"Samuel Green Watson (1843-1912)," Find A Grave, Memorial 42255868, accessed April 8, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42255868.
KYR-0001-003-0014.

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