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Elijah M. McCarty (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmhand, private 1st KY Cav (C.S.A.) )

b. 1825? d. 1872?

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmhand and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of William M. McCarty and Sally Mitchusson McCarty. Student in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmhand in Princeton in 1860. Served in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.) from November 3, 1861. Prisoner of war at Louisville, Kentucky; Camp Chase, Ohio; and Rock Island Barracks, Illinois, from from September 8, 1863, to February 15, 1865.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 378.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 31.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell, Princeton, p. 502.

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0066.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film 000851644, p. 202.

Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Caldwell County Administration Bonds, Vol 19-201830-1869.

Citation

McCarty, Elijah M.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209610 (November 12, 2026).

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