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Aaron Sanders Dummitt (Lewis County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier.)

b. 1843 d. 1916-10-04

Lewis County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Greenup County, Kentucky, native. Son of George Dummitt and Eliza Dummitt. Resident of Greenup County, Kentucky, in 1850. Resident of Lewis County in 1860.Served in the 16th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from January 9, 1862 to August 18, 1862. Reported as deserted from Bowling Green on August 18, 1862. Served in the 45th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from October 18, 1863 and February 23, 1864. Arrested as a deserter in 1864. Returned to service with 16th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) as a private from September 1864 to July 25, 1865.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Greenup County, District 1, p. 233A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, p. 181.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, Laurel Precinct, p. 475A.

Eleventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1890), Veterans Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, Elk Fork Precinct, p. 1.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 26177.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0290.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0436.

Lewis County Historical Society, Pioneer Families of Lewis County, Kentucky, Indexed, (Mt. Vernon, IN: Windmill Publications, 1996), 190-191.

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Dummitt, Aaron Sanders. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208923 (November 12, 2026).

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