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James William Ross (Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer and sergeant 1st Kentucky Cavalry USA)

b. 1834-01-19 d. 1873-02-06

Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Thomas K. and Mildred Ross. Married to Kitty A. Woodyard Ross in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, on November 9, 1853. Father of James A. Ross. Farmer in Garrard County in 1850. Farmer in Lancaster, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as corporal and sergeant from October 28, 1861, to December 31, 1864.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Garrard County, District 2, p. 271A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Garrard County, p. 788.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Garrard County, Brandy Springs District 1, p. 367B.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994027-994058, Rockcastle County Marriages, p. 3.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994027-994058, Rockcastle County Births, p. 1.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0010.

Find A Grave, "James W. Ross (1834-1873)," Memorial #127412749, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127412749 (accessed October 29, 2020).

Citation

Ross, James William. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203227 (November 12, 2026).

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