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Samuel A. Scott (Hopkins Co, Ky, farm laborer, prvt, 8th and 17th ky cav. (usa))

b. 1842-08-18 d. 1909-01-22

Hopkins County, Kentucky, farm laborer and soldier. Guilford County, North Carolina native. Son of Adam D. Scott and Jemima Scott. Student in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farm laborer in Hopkins County in 1860. Served in the 8th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from September 13, 1862, to September 23, 1863. Served in the 17th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private and sergeant from January 3, 1865, to September 20, 1865.

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Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 74B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 635.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Rolls 0093, 0141.

"Samuel A. Scott (1842-1909)," Find A Grave, Memorial #80333185, accessed November 3, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80333185.

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Scott, Samuel A.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32196701 (November 12, 2026).

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