James M. Skaggs

Birth Date

1844-09-16

Death Date

1921-04-03

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Adair County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of William C. Skaggs and Jane W. Estes Skaggs. Resident of Adair County in 1850. Farmer in Adair County in 1860. Served in 13th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from December 31, 1861 to January 12, 1865. Wounded at the Battle of Huff's Ferry, Roane County, Tennessee, on November 14, 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, District 1, p. 27A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, District 1, p. 141.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0268.
Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 7541.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 861, 867.

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