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Robert Wilson (Grant County, Kentucky, laborer and soldier (11th KY Cav, USA))

b. 1820?

Grant County, Kentucky, laborer and soldier. Grant County, Kentucky, native. Son of James Wilson and Lucy Wilson. Married to Marietta Evans Wilson. Father of James W. Wilson, Sarah B. Wilson, and Mary Ann Wilson. Laborer in Grant County, Kentucky, in 1850. Laborer in Grant County in 1860. Served in the 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from September 22, 1862 to March 9, 1863. Discharged on account of disability at Sumner County, Tennessee, on March 9, 1863.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 295B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 953.

California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994, California State Archives, Sacramento, CA, San Joaquin County.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0113.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 278-9.

Citation

Wilson, Robert. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204268 (November 12, 2026).

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