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Elison H. Carter (Mercer County, KY, blacksmith and private 9th KY Cav USA)

b. 1833-08-29 d. 1906-04-19

Mercer County, Kentucky, blacksmith and soldier. Married Lucy Devine Carter in Mercer County on March 10, 1853. Father of Nancy J. Carter, James E. Carter, and George W. Carter. Blacksmith in Mercer County in 1860. Served in the 9th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from August 1862 to August 1863.

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Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 2, p. 546.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mercer County Marriages, Film #000191861, p. 551.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0095.

Find A Grave, "Ellison Harvey Carter (1833-1906)," Memorial #88490230, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88490230 (accessed August 22, 2019).

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Carter, Elison H.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209660 (November 12, 2026).

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