William J. Greene

Birth Date

c1829

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Grant County, Kentucky, merchant, teacher, and soldier. Bourbon County, Kentucky, native. Son of William P. Greene and Jane Greene. Merchant in Grant County, Kentucky, in 1850. Teacher in Grant County in 1860. Served in the 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a sergeant and quartermaster sergeant from September 22, 1862 to March 1863. Discharged on account of disability in March 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 321A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 877.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 272-3, 278-9.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0108.

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