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Alexander Kimbrough (Harrison County, Kentucky, farm laborer and soldier)

b. 1839-01-29 d. 1921-08-22

Harrison County, Kentucky, farm laborer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of John M. Kimbrough and Susan Kimbrough. Resident of Harrison County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned six enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1850. Farm laborer in Harrison County in 1860. Household owned seven enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1860. Household also held two enslaved persons in trust for minor heirs in Harrison County in 1860. Served in the 4th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) as a sergeant from October 9, 1861 to December 6, 1864. Wounded at the Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia. Discharged for medical disability on December 6, 1864.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 164B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States(1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2,

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 558.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States(1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County,

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0185.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 678-679.

“Kimbrough” The Bourbon News(Paris, KY), August 26, 1921, p. 4.

"Alexander Kimbrough (1839-1921)," Find A Grave, Memorial #12249819, accessed June 15, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12249819.

Citation

Kimbrough, Alexander. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32198598 (November 12, 2026).

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