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Francis Christopher Catron (Knox County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff)

b. 1824 d. 1906

Knox County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff. Virginia native. Married to Nancy Margaret Duff Catron. Father of William Catron, Mary Catron, Corena Catron, Thomas Catron, and Lucy Catron. Farmer in Washington County, Virginia, in 1860. Sheriff of Knox County in 1861. Farmer in Knox County in 1863. Served in the 49th Kentucky Infantry (U.S.A.) as captain from June 27, 1863, to December 26, 1864.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Virginia, Washington County, Western District, p. 574.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Virginia, Washington County, Abingdon, p. 39B.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Knox County, Kentucky, July 1863, p. 38, (Accessed via ancestry.com);

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 448.

Find A Grave, "Francis Christopher Catron (1824-1906)," Memorial #73249893, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73249893 (accessed August 22, 2017).

Citation

Catron, Francis Christopher. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197173 (February 11, 2026).

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