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Thomas McKinster (Lawrence County, KY, farmer and soldier)

b. 1822?

Lawrence County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Delila McKinster. Father of Elizabeth McKinster, Sarah Ann McKinster, W. Harrison C. McKinster, Louisa McKinster, and Louisiana McKinster. Married to Mary Jane Pack McKinster. Father of William Farris McKinster, Flavius Joseph McKinster, Martha B. McKinster, and Martin B. McKinster. Farmer in Lawrence County in 1850. Farmer in Lawrence County in 1860. Served in the 14th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as captain from December 10, 1861 to June 8, 1862. Served in the 68th Regiment of Kentucky Enrolled Militia as colonel from May 21, 1864 to June 22, 1864.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, p. 84B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, p. 515.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, Precinct 11, p. 14.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 276.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 469.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 878.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 889, 937.

Citation

McKinster, Thomas. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202976 (November 12, 2026).

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