George W. Thompson

Birth Date

c1830

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Green County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth C. Thompson. Father of Milton W. Thompson, Olivia B. Thompson, and John M. Thompson. Farmer in Green County, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Green County in 1860. Served in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a first lieutenant and captain from December 30, 1861 to January 12, 1865.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, District 2, p. 600.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, District 2, p. 75B.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hart County, Precinct 5, p. 244B.
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. 856-7.

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