Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Harlan County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Dixon. Father of Catharine Dixon, William Dixon, Jr., Martha Dixon, Sally Dixon, Elizabeth Dixon, John Dixon, Mary Dixon, and Nancy Dixon. Quarter-master of the Harlan County Battalion of Kentucky State Militia (U.S.A.) from October 1862 to January 1863.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 883.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harlan County, District 1.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harlan County, p. 95-96.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harlan County, District 4, p. 8.

Citation

Dixon, William. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32198364 (November 15, 2026).

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Benjamin F. Blankenship to James F. Robinson

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