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James Dalton (Lawrence County, farm hand and soldier)

b. 1835?

Lawrence County, Kentucky, farm hand and soldier. Virginia native. Son of William Dalton and Maria Dalton. Married to Barbary Dalton. Father of William H. Dalton. Resident in Logan County, Virginia, in 1850. Farm hand in Lawrence County in 1860. First lieutenant in the 65th Regiment of Kentucky Militia (U.S.A.) from May 21, 1864, to June 21, 1864.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Virginia, Logan County, District 32, p. 129A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, p. 170.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, Precinct 7, p. 10.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 896.

Citation

Dalton, James. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199211 (November 12, 2026).

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