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William Armistead Humston (Henry County, Kentucky, carpenter's apprentice and soldier)

b. 1840-04-07 d. 1888-09-28

Henry County, Kentucky, carpenter's apprentice and soldier. Shenandoah County, Virginia, native. Son of Nathaniel Albert Humston and Margaret Jane Humston. Resident of Henry County, Kentucky, in 1850. Carpenter's Apprentice in Henry County in 1860. Served in the 4th Kentucky Cavalry (C.S.A.) as a private from September 10, 1862 to June 3, 1863. Reported as deserted on June 3, 1863. Reported as captured at Mount Sterling, Kentucky. Reported released upon taking oath of allegiance to U.S.A.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, District 1, p. 372A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, Subdivision 1, p. 29.

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0029.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky: Confederate Kentucky Volunteers War 1861-65, vol. 1 (Frankfort: Legislature of Kentucky, 1915), p. 614.

Ezra Sams Humston and Edward Albert Humston The Humston Family: A Geneology of the Descendants of Edward Humston of Stafford County, Virginia, 1667 (Self Published, 1943), 199.

Citation

Humston, William Armistead. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204850 (November 12, 2026).

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