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Benjamin K. Bethurum (Rockcastle County, Kentucky, farmer and judge, corporal)

b. 1815-03-28 d. 1903-06-10

Rockcastle County, Kentucky, farmer, judge, and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Lucy Ann Bethurum. Father of Mary J. Bethurum, David Bethurum, James L. Bethurum, Margaret A. Bethurum, and Charley Bethurum. Farmer in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, in 1850. Presiding judge of Rockcastle County Court in 1860. Employed Emmanuel Mink as a laborer in 1860. Served in Rockcastle and Lincoln County Home Guards (U.S.A.) as a corporal from May 7, 1862, to July 7, 1862.

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Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, Southern District, p. 166A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, p. 515.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, District 1, p. 30B.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0472.

"Benjamin Kincade Bethurum (1815-1903)," Find A Grave, Memorial 18304493, accessed January 20, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18304493.

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Bethurum, Benjamin K.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203698 (November 12, 2026).

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