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Frank Lane Wolford (Casey County, Kentucky, attorney and colonel 1st KY cav (USA))

b. 1817-09-02 d. 1895-08-02

Casey County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Adair County native. Married to Nancy Dever Wolford in Casey County on November 2, 1849. Married to Elizabeth Walford. Father of George Walford, Mary Walford, John Walford, Kate Walford, Samuel Walford, and Jermia Walford. Attorney in Liberty, Kentucky. Member of the State House of Representatives in 1847, 1848, and 1865. Served in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as colonel from October 28, 1861, to 1864. Dishonorably discharged in 1864 for vehement protest against recruitment of black soldiers.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Casey County, Jenkins, p. 10.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Casey County Marriages, Film #000907997, p. 61.

"Wolford, Frank Lane," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000681 (accessed May 6, 2017).

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T289, Roll 170.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 2-3.

Find A Grave, "Frank Lane Wolford (September 2, 1817-August 2, 1895)," Memorial #6727116, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6727116 (accessed October 9, 2018).

Marion B. Lucas, A History of Blacks in Kentucky: From Slavery to Segregation, 1760-1891 (Frankfort, KY: Kentucky Historical Society, 1992 and 2003), 153.

Citation

Wolford, Frank Lane. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208665 (November 12, 2026).

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