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John L. Carter (Russell County, Kentucky, resident and captain of the 5th Kentucky Cavalry. )

b. 1838 d. 1923

Russell County, Kentucky, resident and captain. Kentucky native. Son of Flemmon S. Carter and Polly Haynes Carter. Married to Martha A. Rigney Carter. Father of Nora C. Carter Sinnett. Student in Russell, Kentucky, County in 1850. Artist in Russell County in 1860. Served in the 5th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) as a captain from March 31, 1862 to December 22, 1862.

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Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Russell County, District 1, p. 224A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Russell County, p. 653.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 130-1.

Texas Death Certificates, 1903-1982, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Department of State Health Services, Austin, TX, File #2656.

"John L Carter (1838-1923)," Find A Grave, Memorial #32893323, accessed March 25, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32893323.

Citation

Carter, John L.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200429 (November 12, 2026).

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