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John H. Skaggs (Marion County, Kentucky, laborer, farmer and private 5th Kentucky Cavalry (U.S.A.))

b. 1831?

Marion County, Kentucky, laborer, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Nancy Price Skaggs in Taylor County, Kentucky, in August 1849. Father of William Skaggs, Josephine Skaggs, Franklin Skaggs, Susan Skaggs, Alfred Skaggs, Nancy Skaggs, John Skaggs, Brittain Skaggs, and Kitty Skaggs. Laborer in Taylor County in 1850. Farmer in Marion County in 1860. Served in the 5th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from March 24, 1862, to June 26, 1862. Justice of the peace in Marion County in 1864.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Taylor County, Division 2, p. 144B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, District 1, p. 614.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, Raywick, p. 153A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Taylor County Marriages, Film #000983727, p. 66.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 57.

U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Application #183.023, Certificate #139.182.

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Skaggs, John H.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32206227 (November 12, 2026).

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