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Charles McCracken (Carroll County, Kentucky, laborer and soldier)

b. 1836 d. 1909

Carroll County, Kentucky, laborer and soldier. Nicholas County, Kentucky, native. Son of Sarah McCracken. Married to Nancy Jane Pounds McCracken in Carroll County, Kentucky, on September 2, 1857. Father of William McCracken and Mary McCracken. Attended school in Carroll County in 1850. Resident of Carroll County in 1857. Laborer in Carroll County in 1860. Served in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private, sergeant, and second lieutenant from December 31, 1861 to January 12, 1865.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, District 1, p. 191A-B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, District 2, p. 11.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, Carrollton, p. 16B.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0266.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 15392.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994030, Carroll County Marriages.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 869, 871.

"Charles McCracken (1936-1909)," Find A Grave, Memorial 31723359, accessed December 13, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31723359.

Citation

McCracken, Charles. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32196598 (November 12, 2026).

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