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Sanford W. Goins (Frankfort, Kentucky, stonemason, soldier, and ice dealer.)

b. 1814-02-15 d. 1892-10-06

Frankfort, Kentucky, stonemason, armorer, and soldier. Woodford County, Kentucky, native. Married to Mary Ann Singleton Goins in Franklin County, Kentucky, in March 1837. Father of Catherine J. Goins, Sanford W. Goins, Jr., Emma W. Goins, and Phillip Goins. Stonemason in Franklin County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1850. Armorer at the State Arsenal in Frankfort in 1860. Served in the Frankfort Union Guards (U.S.A.) as a private from July 11, 1862, to August 1, 1862. Served in the 36th Enrolled Militia of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (U.S.A.) as a sergeant from June 8, 1864, to June 18, 1864. Served in the Capital Guard Regiment (U.S.A.) as a captain from July 1, 1864, to January 12, 1865. Wounded at the Battle of Frankfort in June 1864.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 48B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 279.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 111A.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), pp. 761, 869, 898.

"The Siege of Frankfort--Official," The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY), June 24, 1864, p. 1.

"Capt. Sanford Goin," The Frankfort Roundabout (Frankfort, KY), October 8, 1892, p. 7.

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Goins, Sanford W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32205689 (November 12, 2026).

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