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Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Alabama native. Married to Margaret B. Bourland. Father of Mary J. Bourland, James C. Bourland, Lawrence L. Bourland, William E. Bourland, Emma E. Bourland, and Henry C. Bourland. Farmer in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in the 17th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from January 3, 1865, to September 20, 1865.

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Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 607.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 404.

Citation

Bourland, William D.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201654 (November 12, 2026).

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George W. Porter et al. to Beriah Magoffin

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