John C. Terrill (Madison County, attorney and soldier)
b. 1832?
Madison County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of William Towles Terrill and Parthena Maupin Terrill. Resident in Madison County in 1850. Attorney in Madison County in 1860. Cited as captain in letter naming volunteers in a reserve company, dated March 11, 1861. Served in the 5th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.) as private from February 2, 1863 to December 24, 1863. Prisoner of war at Camp Chase, Ohio, from July 26, 1863 to December 24, 1863.
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- Male
- Race
- White
Bibliography
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, District 1, p. 221A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Division 1, p. 418.
KYR-0002-022-0114
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 35.
Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865; NARA Publication M598_7; War Department Collection of Confederate Records, RG 109; p. 42908
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Terrill, John C.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32196537 (November 12, 2026).
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