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John Bowlin (Clay County, Kentucky, farmer and convict)

b. 1827?

Clay County, Kentucky, farmer, convict, and soldier. Virginia native. Married to Nancy Bowlin. Father of Eli Bowlin, Graham Bowlin, John Bowlin, Jr., and David Bowlin. Farmer in Clay County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Clay County in 1860. Charged with carrying a concealed weapon in Clay County in 1860. Convict in Clay County in 1860. Served in the 7th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private and corporal from September 22, 1861 to October 5, 1864.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, Kentucky, p. 121A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, p. 82.

Eleventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1890), Veterans Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, Bright Shade, p. 3.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0210.

Citation

Bowlin, John. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32206443 (November 12, 2026).

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