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John B. Laffoon (Hopkins County, Ky, farmer, pvt 10th ky cav (csa))

b. 1833 d. 1895

Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of John B. Laffoon and Susan Laffoon. Married to Martha Laffoon. Father of Susan J. Laffoon and Armarillis Laffoon. Farmer in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Marion, Missouri, in 1860. Farmer in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1863. Served in the 10th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.) as private. Reported as deserted on March 13, 1865. Signed a loyalty oath to the U. S. government on April 8, 1865.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 57A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Missouri, Dade County, Marion, p. 1.

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0052.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Hopkins County, KY, July 1863, p. 23.

"John Bledsoe Laffoon (1833-1895)," Find A Grave, Memorial #124014482, accessed November 9, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124014482.

Citation

Laffoon, John B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201865 (November 12, 2026).

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