Alexander McHatton

Birth Date

1813-11-03

Death Date

1885-08-11

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Hart County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Ann Maria Neale McHatton. Father of Francis J. McHatton, Elizabeth McHatton, John B. McHatton, Nancy McHatton, Sarah M. McHatton, Hiram A. McHatton, and Harriett McHatton. Blacksmith in Hart County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Hart County in 1850. Farmer in Hart County in 1860. Served in the 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.) as a sergeant from May 17, 1862, to March 22, 1865. Captured in Rutherford County, Tennessee, on October 7, 1862. Paroled on October 9, 1862. Captured in Cass County, Georgia, on June 6, 1864. Prisoner of war in Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Indiana, from June 30, 1864, to March 22, 1864. Signed a loyalty oath to the U.S. government on March 22, 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hart County, p. 186A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hart County.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hart County, District 2, p. 876.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hart County, Munfordville District, p. 336A.
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0017.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994038, Hart County.
"Alexander McHatton (1813-1885)," Find A Grave, Memorial 146596637, accessed May 8, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146596637.

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