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Madison County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Derius B. Tipton and Mary J. Tipton. Resident in Madison County in 1850. Farmer in Madison County in 1860. Served in the 7th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.) as private. Captured at Buffington, Ohio, on July 19, 1863. Appears on a roll of prisoners of war at Camp Morton, Indiana, on July 23, 1863. Prisoner of war at Camp Douglas, Illinois, from August 22, 1863 to February 24, 1865. Prisoner of war at Point Lookout, Maryland, from February 24, 1865.

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Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, District 3, p. 295B
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Division 1, p. 276.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Union, p. 279A.
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 43.

Citation

Tipton, George. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204845 (November 12, 2026).

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William Harris et al. to Beriah Magoffin
1861-03-11

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