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William Wirt Rowlett (Henry County resident; corp & QM sgt 2nd Ky Cav U.S.A., 27th Ky Cav USA)

b. 1845-05-24 d. 1904-02-04

Henry County, Kentucky, resident and soldier. Owen County, Kentucky, native. Resident of Henry County in 1860. Served in the 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a corporal and quartermaster sergeant from September 9, 1861, to February 6, 1864. Clerk in 1864. Mustered into the 27th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) on March 7, 1864.

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Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, Subdivision 1, p. 307.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, Lockport, p. 314A.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0021.

Find A Grave, "William Wirt Rowlett (1845-1904)," Memorial #72780618, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72780618 (accessed September 3, 2020).

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Rowlett, William Wirt. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32205596 (November 12, 2026).

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