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William Jackson Atkins (Adair County, Kentucky, farmer. Pvt, sgt, & lieut 13th KY Vol Inf USA)

b. 1834 d. 1903

Adair County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of James Jackson Atkins and Esther Atkins. Farmer in Adair County in 1850. Farmer in Adair County in 1860. Served in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as private, sergeant, and lieutenant from December 31, 1861, to January 12, 1865.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, District 1, p. 30B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, Columbia, District 1, p. 153.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, Columbia, p. 21A.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0262.

Find A Grave, "Lt William Jackson Atkins (1834-1903)," Memorial #94938077, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94938077 (accessed December 3, 2020).

Citation

Atkins, William Jackson. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32206086 (November 12, 2026).

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