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John C. Eversole (Perry County, Kentucky, farmer and major (U.S.A.))

b. 1830 d. 1864-05-02

Perry County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Nancy Anne Duff Eversole. Father of Sarah Eversole, Elizabeth Eversole, Harrison Eversole, Joseph Eversole, George Eversole, Clarkston Eversole, Mary Eversole, Polly Eversole, and John C. Eversole. Farmer in Perry County, Kentucky in 1850. Farmer in Perry County in 1860. Served in the 14th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as major from February 1863 to March 1864. Killed by guerrillas in Estill County on May 2, 1864.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Perry County, District 1, 410B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Perry County, District 1, p. 753.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 372.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0129.

“Murdered by Guerillas,” in The Louisville Weekly Journal, June 21, 1864.

William Elsey Connelly and E.M. Coulter, History of Kentucky Volume 5 (Chicago and New York: The American Historical Society, 1922), 632-633.

Find A Grave, “Maj John C. Eversole (1830-1864),” Memorial #11392806, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11392806 (accessed April 20, 2018).

Citation

Eversole, John C.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203469 (November 12, 2026).

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