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Jonathan Belt (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer and captain 15th KY Cav USA)

b. 1821-10-21 d. 1882-12-29

Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Tennessee native. Married to Mary P. Wilson Belt in Livingston County, Kentucky, on January 18, 1841. Father of Sarah J. Belt, Harriett C. Belt, James P. Belt, William B. Belt, John M. Belt, Claiborne Belt, Mary R. Belt, Theoderick B. Belt, Martha B. Belt, and Melvina Belt. Farmer in Crittenden County in 1850. Farmer in Crittenden County in 1860. Served in the 15th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as captain from October 6, 1862, to October 29, 1863.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden County, District 1, p. 245A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden, West Half of County, p. 381.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Hardin County, Cave in Rock, p. 4A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Livingston County Marriages, 1822-1877, Film #000318176, p. 16, p. 35 of 257 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com).

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 397.

Find A Grave, “Capt Jonathan Belt (1821-1882),” Memorial #87254771, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87254771 (accessed June 5, 2017).

Citation

Belt, Jonathan. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201855 (November 12, 2026).

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