Person

James F. Denton (Bath County, Kentucky, sergeant 24th KY Inf, 2nd lieut Bath Co Rangers, lieut 1st reg Cap Guards USA)

b. 1841-05-19 d. 1934-01-18

Bath County, Kentucky, soldier. Bath County native. Son of William Denton and Catharine Denton. Resident of Bath County in 1850. Resident of Bath County in 1860. Served in the 24th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as sergeant from December 31, 1861, to August 17, 1862. Served in Captain Bussey’s Bath County Rangers as a second lieutenant from December 11, 1863, to April 1, 1864. Served in the First Regiment Capital Guards, Frankfort Battalion, as a second lieutenant and first lieutenant from September 1, 1864, to February 6, 1865.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, Wyoming, p. 55A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, p. 219.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 174-75, 760, 887-88.

Find A Grave, “James Fauntain Denton (1841-1934)," Memorial # 20149672, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20149672/james-fauntain-denton (accessed January 15, 2021).

Citation

Denton, James F.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209356 (November 12, 2026).

The people, organizations, and places listed below appear in the same documents as James F. Denton (Bath County, Kentucky, sergeant 24th KY Inf, 2nd lieut Bath Co Rangers, lieut 1st reg Cap Guards USA). They are sorted by the number of documents they share.

Documents (1)

People

Organizations

Places

Loading network...

Network Visualized

How to use the visualization

CWGK’s network visualization brings the edition’s documents to life. The network on this page centers around Denton, James F.. Click on the light blue dot to see the documents in which the entity appears. You can also click on the dark orange dots to see other people linked to Denton, James F., a light orange dot to see the places connected to Denton, James F., or dark green dots to see organizations linked to Denton, James F..

Additionally, the lines between the dots add additional information. The light green lines demonstrate direct connections between Denton, James F. and another person, place, or organization. The light pink lines highlight that the dots appear in the same document.