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Samuel Tolley (Ballard County, KY, blacksmith, wagon maker, 1st lieut 8th KY Cav USA)

b. 1826? d. 1890?

Ballard County, Kentucky, blacksmith, wagon maker, and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Emily Tolley. Father of Josephine Tolley, George F. Tolley, Jasper Tolley, and Newton Tolley. Married to Elizabeth Tolley. Blacksmith in Ballard County in 1850. Employed Phillip Reed as an apprentice in Ballard County in 1850. Wagon maker in Ballard County in 1860. Served in the 8th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as first lieutenant from September 13, 1862, to September 23, 1863.

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Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ballard County, Milburn, p. 276A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ballard County, Milburn, p. 649.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 225.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 93.

U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Application #466297, Certificate #363140.

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Tolley, Samuel. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32205329 (November 12, 2026).

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