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George Harrison Whitecotton (Union County, Kentucky, laborer and soldier.)

b. 1840-11-24 d. 1919-11-14

Union County, Kentucky, laborer and soldier. Union County, Kentucky, native. Son of George W. Whitecotton and Nancy Whitecotton. Married to Victoria Ara Nunn Whitecotton in Crittenden County, Kentucky, on September 25, 1860. Father of George O. Whitecotton. Resident of Union County, Kentucky, in 1850. Laborer in Union County in 1860. Served in the 10th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.) as a private from August 20, 1862, to June 23, 1864. Captured at Salineville, Columbiana County, Ohio, on July 26, 1863. Prisoner of war at Camp Douglas, Illinois from August 22, 1863 to June 23, 1864. Escaped from Camp Douglas on June 23, 1864.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, District 2, p. 486B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, p. 510.

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0059.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994032, Crittenden County Births.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 33913.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 116517577.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Crittenden County Marriages, Film 000558428.

U.S. Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M598, War Department Collection of Confederate Records, p. 68.

"George Harrison Whitecotton (1840-1919)," Find A Grave, Memorial 46935642, accessed September 30, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46935642.

Citation

Whitecotton, George Harrison. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208503 (November 12, 2026).

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