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Thomas B. String (Jefferson County, KY, blacksmith and soldier - 11th Ky Cav)

b. 1820 d. 1888

Jefferson County, Kentucky, blacksmith and soldier. New Jersey native. Married to Patience Howell String in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on December 16, 1845. Father of Cassandra String, Leslie B. String, Altie String, Mary B. String, and Virgil M. String. Blacksmith in Louisville, Jefferson County, in 1850. Blacksmith in Jefferson County in 1860. Served in the 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a second lieutenant and captain from November 22, 1862, to May 15, 1865. Captured in Blount County, Tennessee, on November 14, 1863. Paroled on March 1, 1865.

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Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville District 1, p. 79B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 2, p. 909.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 2, p. 119B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000482707.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0112.

"Capt Thomas Burk String (1820-1888)," Find A Grave, Memorial 94374613, accessed May 30, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94374613.

Citation

String, Thomas B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200449 (November 12, 2026).

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