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Jack Allen (Shelby County, Kentucky, resident and soldier)

b. 1831?

Shelby County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Ruth M. Allen. Father of Alexander T. Allen, Mildred Allen, and Willie Allen. Farmer in Shelby County in 1860. Served in the 2nd Kentucky Cavalry (C.S.A.) as a captain. Served in the the 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.) as a lieutenant colonel. Applied for and received an amnesty pardon from President Andrew Johnson on October 16, 1865.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Shelby County, District 1, p. 159.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 6, p. 608B.

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0021.

Jack Allen, Petitioner, Confederate Amnesty Papers, compiled 1865-1867, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M1003, Roll 0025.

Citation

Allen, Jack. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201482 (November 12, 2026).

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