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Bennett Spear, Jr. (Monroe County farmer, soldier (U.S.A.))

b. 1820-02-02 d. 1892-10-27

Monroe County, Kentucky, farmer. North Carolina native. Married to Adaline Spear. Father of Isaac Spear, Ann Spear, Elizabeth Spear, Levi Spear, William Spear, and Lorenzo Spear. Farmer in Monroe County in 1850. Farmer in Monroe County in 1860. Enrolled in the military (U.S.A.) in February 1864. Served in the Monroe County Militia (Kentucky National Legion) as lieutenant in 1865.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Monroe County, p. 388B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Monroe County, p. 16.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Monroe County, Precinct 6, p. 180A.

Kentucky, Birth Records, 1847-1911, Monroe County, May 29, 1859 (accessed via ancestry.com).

Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1965, Film # 7016182, Monroe County, March 24, 1917, File #9026 (accessed via ancestry.com).

Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1965, Film # 7016217, Monroe County, February 18, 1919, File #7604 (accessed via ancestry.com).

Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1965, 7016193, Monroe County, February 7, 1916 (accessed via ancestry.com).

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Monroe County, KY, February 1864 (accessed via ancestry.com).

Find A Grave, "Bennett Spear (1820)-(1892)," Memorial #9564572, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9564572 (accessed September 24, 2018).

KYR-0001-008-0002.

Citation

Spear, Bennett, Jr.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208752 (November 12, 2026).

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