Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Harlan County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Lewis. Father of John Lewis, Charlotte Lewis, Alexander Lewis, Elizabeth Lewis, Thomas J. Lewis, Elijah Lewis, Cynthia Lewis, Martha Lewis, Nancy Lewis, and Rebecca Lewis. Farmer in Harlan County, Kentucky, in 1860. First lieutenant in the Harlan County Battalion of Kentucky State Militia from October 1862 to January 1863.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 883.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harlan County, p. 127.

Citation

Lewis, Abner. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201270 (November 12, 2026).

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Correspondence
Benjamin F. Blankenship to James F. Robinson
Petition
William Forbes to Thomas E. Bramlette
1863-11-11

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