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John C. Fletcher (Adair County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier)

b. 1827? d. 1863-11-14

Adair County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Adair County, Kentucky, native. Father of Sally M. Fletcher. Married to Elizabeth E. Janes Fletcher in Adair County, Kentucky, on June 26, 1856. Father of Mary A. Fletcher, Nancy Fletcher, and John Lawson Fletcher. Farmer in Adair County in 1850. Farmer in Adair County in 1860. Served in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a first sergeant from December 30, 1861 to November 14, 1863. Killed in action at the Battle of Huff's Ferry, Roane County, Tennessee, on November 14, 1863.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, District 1, p. 15B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, District 1, p. 170.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Adair County Marriages, Film 000830576.

Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of Civil War Veterans, ca. 1861 – ca. 1910, NARA RG 15, Application 21857.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 862.

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Fletcher, John C.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209409 (November 12, 2026).

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