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Sylvester Isaacs (Owsley County, Kentucky, farmer, 1st lieut & captain 14th KY Cav (U.S.A.) )

b. 1831-05-13 d. 1916-02-29

Owsley County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Elijah Isaacs and Sarah Bowman Isaacs. Married to Martha Brewer Isaacs in Owsley County, Kentucky, on June 2, 1853. Father of Sarah Isaacs Hall, James B. Isaacs, Mary Isaacs Mainous, Preston Isaacs, Orvil Isaacs. Farm laborer in Owsley County in 1850. Farmer in Owsley County in 1860. Served in 14th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as first lieutenant and captain from May 1, 1863, to March 24, 1864.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owsley, p. 295A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owsley, p. 327.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owsley, Travellers Rest, p. 346A.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 130.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Owsley County Marriages, p. 2.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 929.

"Sylvester Isaacs (1831-1916)," Find A Grave, Memorial #16126380, accessed May 21, 2019, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16126380.

Citation

Isaacs, Sylvester. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202872 (November 12, 2026).

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