Ransom Shavers

Birth Date

c1834

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer and solider. Virginia native. Son of Susan Shavers. Married to Delia Picklesimer Shavers in Johnson County, Kentucky, on March 6, 1855. Farmer in Johnson County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Johnson County in 1860. Farmer in Johnson County in 1863. Farmer in Johnson County in 1864. Served in the 45th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) as a private from March 14, 1864, to February 14, 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, 108A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, 269.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, Barnett's Creek, p. 119B.
Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Johnson County, KY, October 1863, p. 352.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994043, Johnson County Marriages.
“Shavers, Ransom,” Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0439.

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