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George Knight McCoy (Clark County, Indiana, assistant surgeon, 35th IN Inf & 1st IN Heavy Artillery USA)

b. 1832-07-05 d. 1864-12-18

Clark County, Indiana, assistant surgeon and soldier. Clark County, Indiana, native. Son of Louis McCoy and Rebecca Hester McCoy. Student in Charlestown, Indiana, in 1850. Attended Asbury University in Greencastle, Indiana. Graduated with an M.D. from Louisville Medical College in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1856. Served in the 35th Indiana Infantry Regiment and the 1st Indiana Heavy Artillery as assistant surgeon until his death by suicide in New Orleans, Louisiana, on December 18, 1864.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Indiana, Clark County, Charlestown, p. 109A.

Martin M. Hester, History and Genealogy of the Descendants of John Lawrence Hester and Godfrey Stough 1752-1905, (1905), p. 54-55, p. 70-71 of 428 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com).

Indexes to the Carded Records of Soldiers Who Served in Volunteer Organizations During the Civil War, compiled 1899 - 1927, documenting the period 1861 - 1866, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M540, Roll 0048.

Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, compiled 1861–1865. ARC ID: 656639. Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1780's–1917, Indiana M-R, NARA RG 94, p. 63, p. 63 of 194 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com).

Find A Grave, “Dr. George Knight McCoy (1832-1864)," Memorial # 50413467, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50413467/george-knight-mccoy (accessed March 15, 2021).

KYR-0002-009-0040.

Citation

McCoy, George Knight. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209535 (November 12, 2026).

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