Person

John H. Wall (Union County, Kentucky, resident, farmer, soldier, and county clerk)

b. 1836-09-15 d. 1913-02-03

Union County, Kentucky, farmer, soldier, and court clerk. Harrison County, Kentucky, native. Son of George W. Wall and Frances M. January Wall. Resident of Union County in 1850. Farmer in Union County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Union County in 1860. Household owned an additional four enslaved persons in Union County in 1860. Served in the 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.) as a private and second lieutenant from August 23, 1861, to November 1, 1862. Served in the 10th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.) as first lieutenant from November 1, 1862, to May 29, 1865. Signed an oath the U.S. government on May 29, 1865. Clerk of the Union County Court.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, District 2, p. 487A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, p. 521.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, p. 415A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, Morganfield, p. 344A.

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0019.

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0053.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 5727.

"J. H. Wall, Confederate Captain, Answers Call," Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), February 04, 1913, p. 3.

History of Union County, Kentucky: A Complete Account of the Settlement, Organization and Government of the County, Together with Facts and Figures Concerning the Society, Professions, Commerce, Industries, Agriculture, Coal, Railroads, Education, Religion, and Other Institutions and Resources of the County, and Biographical Sketches of Its Leading Citizens, (Evansville, IN: Courier Co., 1886), pp. 488-489.

KYR-0001-004-3103.

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Wall, John H.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200196 (November 12, 2026).

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