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Barney Wells (Trimble County, Kentucky. )

b. 1827? d. 1865-01-25

Trimble County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Garrard County, Kentucky, native. Married to Elizabeth Banting Wells. Father of Mary Wells and Elizabeth Wells. Farmer in Jefferson County, Indiana, in 1850. Farmer in Trimble County, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in the 4th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.) as a private from September 10, 1862, to January 25, 1865. Captured in Harrison County, Kentucky, on June 14, 1864. Prisoner of war at Louisville, Kentucky, from June 24, 1864, to June 25, 1864. Prisoner of war at Camp Morton, Indiana, from June 26, 1864, to January 25, 1865. Died at Camp Morton on January 25, 1865.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Madison Township, pp. 3B-4A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trimble County, p. 300.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994056, Trimble County Births.

“Wells, Barney,” Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0032.

KYR-0001-020-0523.

KYR-0001-020-0524.

Citation

Wells, Barney. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202370 (November 12, 2026).

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