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Wiley Taul Poynter (Clark County, Kentucky, farmer, banker, and soldier)

b. 1838-08-14 d. 1896-07-30

Clark County, Kentucky, farmer, banker, and soldier. Montgomery County, Kentucky, native. Son of Henry G. Poynter and Ann M. Poynter. Married to Pattie N. Poston Poynter in Clark County on November 24, 1857. Farmer in Clark County in 1860. Served in the 16th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a first lieutenant and quartermaster from September 1862 to January 1863. Served as colonel and Assistant Quartermaster General of Kentucky from January 7, 1865 to March 14, 1865. Cashier of the Clark County National Bank in 1865.

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White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 2, p. 869.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 295.

"Death of Dr. W. T. Poynter," Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), July 31, 1896, p. 1.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994032, Clark County Marriages.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), vii, 926.

"Dr Wiley Taul Poynter (1838-1896)," Find A Grave, Memorial #100783027, accessed on July 13, 2018, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100783027.

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Poynter, Wiley Taul. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204608 (November 12, 2026).

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