Michael Shuffett

Birth Date

c1843

Death Date

1872-08-16

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Green County, Kentucky, farm hand and soldier. Green County, Kentucky, native. Son of Hartwell B. Shuffett and Malinda C. Shuffett. Married to Sarah C. Wright in Green County, Kentucky, on February 10, 1865. Resident of Green County in 1850. Farm hand in Green County in 1860. Served in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private 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, Green County, District 1, p. 89B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, District 2, p. 610.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Green County Marriages, Film 001877085.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0268.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 856.
U. S. Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1861-1904, NARA RG 92, Microfilm Series M1845, Roll 19.

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