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Duval English (Owen County, KY, attorney and soldier - 11th Ky Cav)

b. 1832-08-06 d. 1884-08-31

Owen County, Kentucky, merchant, attorney and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of John B. English and Elizabeth English. Attended school in Owen County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned eighteen enslaved persons in Owen County in 1850. Merchant and attorney in Owen County in 1860. Household owned nine enslaved persons in Owen County in 1860. Served in the 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a major from December 4, 1863, to July 14, 1865. Captured at the Battle of Sunshine Church, Jones County, Georgia, on July 30, 1864. Paroled on April 2, 1865.

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Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owen County, District 1, p. 275A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Owen County, District 1, p. 421.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owen County, District 2, p. 231.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Owen County, District 2, p. 183A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owen County, New Liberty, p. 255B.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0107.

"Duval English (1832-1884)," Find A Grave, Memorial 25498147, accessed May 29, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25498147.

Citation

English, Duval. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199737 (November 12, 2026).

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