Columbus B. Saunders (Nicholasville, Kentucky, resident and lieutenant colonel)
b. 1840?
Nicholasville, Kentucky, resident and lieutenant colonel. Kentucky native. Married to Mollie Saunders. Father of Letcher Saunders. Resident of Nicholasville in 1860. Served in the 57th Kentucky Militia as lieutenant colonel in February 1865.
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- Male
- Race
- White
Bibliography
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jessamine County, Nicholasville, p. 115.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jessamine County, Nicholasville, p. 75B.
KYR-0002-161-0016.
Citation
Saunders, Columbus B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32206729 (November 12, 2026).
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