Presley Kimbrell (Powell County, Kentucky, carpenter and soldier.)
b. 1832? d. 1863-12-21
Powell County, Kentucky, carpenter and soldier. Estill County, Kentucky, native. Son of Wily Kimbrell and Lavinia Kimbrell. Laborer in Powell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Attended school in Powell County in 1850. Carpenter in Powell County in 1860. Served in the 4th Kentucky Mounted Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from October 9, 1861, to December 21, 1863. Wounded in battle near Chickamauga, Walker County, Georgia, on September 19, 1863. Died of disease on December 21, 1863.
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Bibliography
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 1, p. 66A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Powell County, p. 34.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0185.
U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Roll 261, Application 237450, Certificate 134112.
Citation
Kimbrell, Presley. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203286 (November 12, 2026).
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