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Cyrus J. Wilson (Larue County, Kentucky, miller, preacher, and soldier)

b. 1811?

Larue County, Kentucky, miller, preacher, and soldier. Pennsylvania native. Married to Mary Wilson. Father of Frances A. Wilson. Miller in Nelson County, Kentucky in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Nelson County in 1850. Methodist preacher in Larue County in 1860. Employed John Barnett in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Larue County in 1860. Served in the 33rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as captain and lieutenant colonel from September 13, 1862 to March 31, 1864. Served in the 26th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as major from April 1, 1864 to May 14, 1864.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 2, p. 345A-345B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 2, p. 211.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Larue County, p. 30.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Larue County, p. 8.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 383 and 405.

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Wilson, Cyrus J.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209015 (February 13, 2026).

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