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James Lawson (Mercer County, KY, captain, Hall's Gap Battalion)

b. 1845?

Mercer County, Kentucky, soldier. Kentucky native. Son of John Lawson and Mary A. Lawson. Resident of Mercer County in 1850. Student in Mercer County in 1860. Served in the Mercer County State Guard as captain from December 7, 1864, until April 2, 1865. Reported as deserted on April 2, 1865.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 2, p. 360B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 2, p. 582.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 797.

Citation

Lawson, James. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209160 (November 12, 2026).

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