Person

Shelton Lamb (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1823? d. 1870?

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Lavina Lamb. Father of Elenora Lamb, Charlie Lamb, and Wiley Lamb. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Princeton in 1860. Employed Bedford Ashley as a farm laborer in Princeton in 1860. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1863.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Caldwell Kentucky, County, District 2, p. 361B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Caldwell Kentucky, County, Princeton, p. 27-8.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Caldwell County, KY, June 1863, p. 12.

Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Caldwell County Wills, Vol A-B, 1809-1968, p. 263-64.

Citation

Lamb, Shelton. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204235 (November 12, 2026).

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