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Henry C. Dunlap (Lexington, Kentucky, attorney and soldier)

b. 1828-04-14 d. 1872-09-09

Lexington, Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Kentucky native. Married Martha E. Boyce Dunlap on October 29, 1848 in Mason County, Kentucky. Married to LaBelle Dunlap. Father of J. R. Dunlap and Ethelbert D. Dunlap. Attorney in Lafayette County, Missouri, in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Lafayette County in 1850. Attorney in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Lexington in 1860. Served in the 5th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as an adjutant until May 26, 1862. Served in the 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a captain and colonel from May 26, 1862 to October 13, 1864.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Missouri, Lafayette County, District 46, p. 145B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Missouri, Lafayette County, District 46, p. 419.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, Ward 4, p. 542.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, Ward 4, p. 462A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mason County Marriages, Film 000281843, p. 45.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 172.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 592.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 919.

"Henry Clay Dunlap (1828-1872)," Find A Grave, Memorial 7482992, accessed December 30, 2018, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7482992.

Citation

Dunlap, Henry C.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201085 (November 12, 2026).

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