James Calvin Robb

Birth Date

1826-10-23

Death Date

1895-06-01

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Jessamine County, Kentucky, native. Son of Frederick Robb and Mary "Polly" Neet Robb. Farmer in Franklin County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned three enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1850. Farmer in Franklin County in 1860. Served in the 9th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (C.S.A.) as second lieutenant from October 12, 1862, to August 21, 1863. Served in the 5th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (C.S.A.) as second lieutenant from August 22, 1863, to October 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 102B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 911.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 302.
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0112.
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0134.
"J.C. Robb," in Kentucky: A History of the State, eds. J.H. Battle, W.H. Perrin, and G.C. Kniffin (Louisville, KY: F.A. Battery Publishing Company, 1885b): p. 756.
"Deaths," _The Frankfort Roundabout (Frankfort, KY), June 8, 1895, p. 7.

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