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William Perry Pierce (Garrard County, Kentucky, soldier - Cpt. 11th + 12th Ky. Cav.)

b. 1843? d. 1920-01-27

Garrard County, Kentucky, resident and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Jeremiah Pierce and Eveline Pierce. Attended school in Garrard County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned eight enslaved persons in Garrard County in 1850. Resident of Garrard County in 1860. Household owned five enslaved persons in 1860. Served in the 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a second sergeant, first lieutenant, adjutant, and captain from September 22, 1862 to August 23, 1864. Captured in Blount County, Tennessee, on November 14, 1863. Prisoner of war from November 14, 1863 to April 30, 1864. Paroled on April 30, 1864. Served in the 12th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a captain from August 7, 1864, to August 23, 1865.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Garrard County, District 1, p. 264B.

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

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Garrard County, Lancaster, p. 642.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Garrard County, Lancaster, p. 15A.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0110.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0120.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 272, 309.

"William Perry Pierce (1843-1920)," Find A Grave, Memorial 57196295, accessed May 23, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57196295.

Citation

Pierce, William Perry. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200971 (November 12, 2026).

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