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Abraham Murphy (Bracken County, Kentucky, cooper and soldier)

b. 1825?

Bracken County, Kentucky cooper and soldier. Ohio native. Married to Martha Adams Murphy in Bracken County, Kentucky on February 3, 1849. Farmer in Bracken County in 1850. Cooper in Bracken County in 1860. Served in the 16th Kentucky Infantry (U.S.A.) as 1st Lieutenant and Captain from October 12, 1861 to August 21, 1964.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bracken County, p. 460A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bracken County, Brooksville, p. 131.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Bracken County Marriages, Film #000344097, p. 171 of 403 of microfilm.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 931.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 294.

U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Application #344576, Certificate #226068.

Citation

Murphy, Abraham. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32205347 (November 12, 2026).

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