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Ransom Shavers (Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier)

b. 1834?

Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer and solider. Virginia native. Son of Susan Shavers. Married to Delia Picklesimer Shavers in Johnson County, Kentucky, on March 6, 1855. Farmer in Johnson County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Johnson County in 1860. Farmer in Johnson County in 1863. Farmer in Johnson County in 1864. Served in the 45th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) as a private from March 14, 1864, to February 14, 1865.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, 108A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, 269.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, Barnett's Creek, p. 119B.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Johnson County, KY, October 1863, p. 352.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994043, Johnson County Marriages.

“Shavers, Ransom,” Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0439.

Citation

Shavers, Ransom. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201339 (November 12, 2026).

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