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James Franklin Vigus (Adair County, Kentucky, student, farmer, and soldier (13th KY Inf))

b. 1841? d. 1927-02-10

Adair County, Kentucky, student, farmer, and soldier. Adair County, Kentucky, native. Son of James Vigus and Susan Vigus. Attended school in Adair County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Adair County in 1860. Served in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private and corporal from December 31, 1861 to January 12, 1865. Wounded in battle in Tennessee in November 1863.

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Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, District 2, p. 64B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, District 1, p. 184.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0269.

"J.F. Vigus Passes Away," North Arkansas Star (Berryville, AR), February 17, 1927, p. 2.

KYR-0001-003-0014.

Citation

Vigus, James Franklin. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32198639 (November 12, 2026).

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