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Thomas J. Ewing (captain in 5th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry and colonel in Kentucky Enrolled Militia)

b. 1842-03-10 d. 1927-02-27

Boyd County, Kentucky, soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Joseph Ewing. Married Sarah A. Ferguson Ewing in February 1863 in Boyd County. Resident of Greenup County in 1850. Served in the 5th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment as a captain from September 21, 1861 to January 3, 1863. Served in 22nd Kentucky Enrolled Militia as colonel from May 26, 1864 to June 28, 1864.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Greenup County, District 2, 199B.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyd County, Catlettsburg, p. 101B.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Boyd County Marriages, Film #000344011, p. 326.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1867), 888.
Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Publication T289, Roll 600 (Accessed via Fold3.com).
Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7017517, Boyd County Deaths, File #2818.

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Ewing, Thomas J.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32206189 (November 12, 2026).

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