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James B. Ashcraft (Estill County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier)

b. 1833-04-05 d. 1896-12-18

Estill County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Son of Amos and Rebecca Ashcraft. Farmer in Estill County in 1850. Farmer in Estill County in 1863. Served in the 8th Kentucky Regiment (U.S.A) as a private from January 15, 1862, to November 14, 1864.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Estill County, p. 72B.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky_, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 770-1.
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), Madison, Estill, and others, Kentucky, June and July 1863, p. 3.

Citation

Ashcraft, James B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209186 (November 12, 2026).

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