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Sidney M. Barnes (Estill County, Kentucky, attorney, politician, and soldier.)

b. 1821-05-10 d. 1890-05-19

Estill County, Kentucky, attorney, politician, and soldier. Estill County, Kentucky, native. Married to Elizabeth Mize in Estill County, Kentucky, on September 28, 1841. Father of Thomas H. Barnes, Elizabeth Barnes, James H. Barnes, Mary Kate Barnes, and Susan J. Barnes. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Estill County in 1849. Attorney in Estill County in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Estill County in 1850. Member of the Kentucky State Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Estill County from 1851 to 1852. Attorney in Estill County in 1860. Owned ten enslaved persons in Estill County in 1860. Served in the 8th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a colonel from January 15, 1862 to January 11, 1864. Resigned from service on January 11, 1864.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Estill County, Irvine, p. 87B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Estill County.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Estill County, p. 250.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Estill County, p. 398A.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0220.

Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (1848-1849), December 30, 1848 - February 28, 1849 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1849), 9.

Journal of the Regular Session of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (1851-1852, November 3, 1851-January 9, 1852 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1852), 3.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Estill County Marriages, Film 000254628.

"Death of Colonel Barnes," Wichita Daily Eagle(Wichita, KS), May 28, 1890, p. 5.

"Sidney M. Barnes (1821-1890)," Find A Grave, Memorial 327091, accessed July 18, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/327091.

Citation

Barnes, Sidney M.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207422 (November 12, 2026).

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