Person

Samuel G. Rogers (Nicholas County constable, farmer, soldier)

b. 1830?

Nicholas County, Kentucky, constable, farmer, and soldier. Nicholas County, Kentucky, native. Son of Willis C. Rogers and Hepsey Rogers. Married to Drucilla Wright Rogers in Bourbon County, Kentucky, on November 7, 1853. Married to Josephine Peterson Rogers in Nicholas County, Kentucky, on May 17, 1859. Father of John L. Rogers and Carie E. Rogers. Constable in Nicholas County in 1850. Household owned three enslaved persons in Nicholas County in 1850. Resident of Fleming County in 1853. Farmer in Nicholas County in 1860. Served in the 18th Kentucky Infantry (U.S.A.) from February 8, 1862 to January 16, 1863. Commissioned as captain on October 4, 1862. Captured at Cynthiana, Harrison County, Kentucky, on July 17, 1862. Paroled on July 18, 1862. Resigned from military service on January 16, 1863. Served in the Nicholas County Militia (Kentucky National Legion) as a captain in 1865.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 2, p. 431A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 2, p. 496.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 2, p. 307.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Bourbon County Marriages, Film #000216817.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Nicholas County Marriages, Film #000252392.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0316.

KYR-0001-008-0002.

Citation

Rogers, Samuel G.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32205071 (November 12, 2026).

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