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Daniel B. Capps (Owsley County, Kentucky, farmer and pvt 63rd TN Inf CSA)

b. 1818?

Owsley County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Tennessee native. Married to Nancy Hurst Capps in Claiborne County, Tennessee, on March 17, 1842. Father of Louisa Capps, William T. Capps, Mary Ann Capps, Nancy Capps, Sarah J. Capps, Emily Capps, James B. Capps, and Nathan Capps. Farmer in Owsley County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Owsley County in 1860. Clerk of the Owsley Circuit Court in Booneville in 1861. Served in the 63rd Tennessee Infantry Regiment (C.S.A.) as a private from May 14, 1861, to August 1, 1863. Reported as deserted at Strawberry Plains, Tennessee, on August 1, 1863.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owsley County, p. 318B-319A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owsley County, p. 427.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 306.

Civil War Direct Tax Assessment Lists, Tennessee, Bedford County, District 11, NARA RG 58, Series T227, Roll 1, p. 61.

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M268, Roll 0346.

Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, Claiborne County Marriages, p. 38.

Citation

Capps, Daniel B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203658 (November 12, 2026).

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