William E. Chaney

Birth Date

1839-12-27

Death Date

1890-02-16

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Green County, Kentucky, farmhand and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Asa Chaney and Elizabeth Chaney. Resident of Green County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmhand in Green County in 1860. Served in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private and sergeant 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, Green County, District 2, p. 128A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, District 1, p. 688.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Taylor County, Precinct 2, p. 305B.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0263.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 866, 868.
"Rev W E Chaney (1839-1890)," Find A Grave, Memorial 154953057, accessed November 29, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154953057.

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