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John J. Curtis (Mason County, Kentucky, soldier - 1st. Lt. 11th Ky. Cav.)

b. 1844? d. 1916-05-01

Mason County, Kentucky, soldier. Kentucky native. Son of John Curtis and Mary Curtis. Attended school in Mason County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned eleven enslaved persons in Mason County in 1850. Attended school in Bracken County in 1860. Household owned two enslaved persons in Mason County in 1860. Served in the 11th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a third sergeant, second lieutenant, and first lieutenant from September 22, 1862 to July 12, 1865.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 3, p. 164B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 3.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bracken County, Eastern District, p. 52.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 2, p. 11A.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 106.

Oregon Death Records, 1864-1971Salem, Oregon: Oregon State Archives, Portland, p. 128.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 290.

Citation

Curtis, John J.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208169 (November 12, 2026).

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