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Thomas H. Atkinson (Taylor County, Kentucky laborer, soldier (USA))

b. 1840?

Taylor County, Kentucky laborer, soldier. Kentucky native. Son of James A and Clemmy Atkinson. Married to Sarah Price Atkinson in Taylor County, Kentucky on March 5, 1860. Father of James L. Atkinson. Laborer in Taylor County, Kentucky in 1860. Indicted for larceny in Taylor County in 1861. Served as corporal 1st Louisville Provost Guard from October 3, 1861 to October 1862. Served as 2nd Sergeant in the 34th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) from October 4, 1862 to his promotion to First Sergeant on February 7, 1863. Reduced in rank to private on January 1, 1864, on charge of desertion from hospital. Discharged December 7, 1864.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Taylor, Division 1, p. 243.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Taylor County, Division 1, p. 111.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Taylor, Campbellsville, p. 234B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, X County Marriages, Film #000983728.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 470.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 406.

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Citation

Atkinson, Thomas H.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201133 (November 12, 2026).

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