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Walter B. Lawton (Ohio County, Kentucky, cabinet maker and soldier)

b. 1815? d. 1866?

Ohio County, Kentucky, cabinet maker and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah J. Lawton. Father of Georgie Lawton. Cabinet maker in Ohio County in 1860. Enrolled in 143rd Indiana Infantry in 1865. Deserted 143rd Indiana Infantry January 21, 1865.

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White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ohio, Hartford, p. 202.
_Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, vol. 7, 1861-1865 (Indianapolis: Samuel M. Douglass, State Printer, 1867), 460.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #9940XX, Ohio County Marriages, p. 4934.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 398.

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Lawton, Walter B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32205559 (November 12, 2026).

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