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Melvin Weir (Clark County, Indiana, farmer, soldier, and justice of the peace.)

b. 1838-05-18 d. 1908-03-08

Clark County, Indiana, farmer, soldier, and justice of the peace. Indiana native. Son of John Weir and Eliza McCormick Weir. Married to Mary George Weir. Father of Mary Weir, Anna Weir, John Weir, and Lydia Weir. Resident of Clark County, Indiana, in 1850. Farmer in Clark County in 1860. Magistrate in Clark County in 1863. Quartermaster of the 8th Indiana Legion from September 1, 1863. Justice of the peace in Clark County in 1865.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Indiana, Clark County, Charlestown, p. 117A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Indiana, Clark County, Union, p. 79.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Indiana, Clark, Union Township, p. 589A.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Clark County, IN, June 1863, p. 460.

Indiana Death Certificates, 1900–2011, Indiana State Department of Health and Vital Records, Indiana Archives and Records Administration, Indianapolis, IN, Certificate 446.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, vol. III (Indianapolis, IN: Samuel M. Douglas, State Printer, 1866), 570.

"Pioneer Man," The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), March 9, 1908, p. 10.

Citation

Weir, Melvin. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197403 (November 12, 2026).

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