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William D. Dunkerson (Hopkins County, Ky, farm laborer and Pvt 25th Inf / 17th ky cav.)

b. 1836?

Hopkins County, Kentucky, farm laborer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Thomas H. Dunkerson and Martha Dunkerson. Married to Fannie Dunkerson. Father of Margaret Dunkerson. Student in Hopkins County in 1850. Farm laborer in Hopkins County in 1860. Served in the 25th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private. Reported as deserted at Shiloh, Tennessee, on May 1, 1862. Served in the 17th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from December 3, 1864, to September 20, 1865.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 133B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 658.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 406.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0300.

Citation

Dunkerson, William D.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201970 (November 12, 2026).

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