David Blackburn

Birth Date

1838-08-11

Death Date

1914-03-17

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Grant County, Kentucky, farm laborer and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah Wilson Blackburn in Carroll County, Kentucky, on July 21, 1862. Father of Jane Blackburn and Susan Blackburn. Resident of Grant County in 1850. Farm laborer in Grant County in 1860. Served in the 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from September 22, 1862 to January 20, 1863. Reported as deserted in Grant County on January 20, 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 300B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 868.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Missouri, Knox County, Center, p. 749B.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0105.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Carroll County Marriages, Film 000414689, p. 259.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 278-9.
"David Blackburn (1838-1914)," Find A Grave, Memorial 6967871, accessed October 23, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6967871.

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