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Levi J. Hampton (Boyd County, Kentucky, traderman, hotel keeper, justice of the peace, and soldier)

b. 1817? d. 1862-12-04

Boyd County, Kentucky, tradesman, hotel keeper, justice of the peace, and soldier. Virginia native. Married to Elizabeth Henderson Hampton in Brown County, Ohio, on February 28, 1839. Father of Julia A. Hampton, Amelia Hampton, Mary F. Hampton, Minnie F. Hampton, and Elizabeth Hampton. Tradesman in Greenup County, Kentucky, in 1850. Hotel Keeper in Catlettsburg, Kentucky, in 1860. Justice of the Peace in Boyd County, Kentucky, in 1861. Served in the 14th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from December 10, 1861, to October 27, 1862. Enrolled in the 39th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as first lieutenant and adjutant on October 27, 1862. Killed in action in Floyd County, Kentucky, on December 4, 1862.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Greenup County, District 2, p. 194A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyd County, Catlettsburg, p. 796.

Ohio Marriage Records, 1774-1993, Brown County Marriages, Film 000384273.

Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of Civil War Veterans, ca. 1861 - ca. 1910, NARA RG 15, Application 90300.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0424.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. I, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 888.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. II, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), pp. 34-35.

Citation

Hampton, Levi J.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203158 (November 12, 2026).

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