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Thornton Williams (Scott County, Kentucky, soldier. Formerly enslaved by Urias Offutt, accused of attempted murder.)

b. 1842?

Scott County, Kentucky, resident and soldier. Scott County, Kentucky, native. Enslaved by Urias M. Offutt in Scott County, Kentucky, in 1860. Accused of the attempted murder of Jon Benee in Scott County in 1863. Served in the 5th Cavalry Regiment United States Colored Troops (U.S.A.) as a private and corporal from August 16, 1864 to August 26, 1865. Reported as deserted from Camp Nelson on August 26, 1865.

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Race
Black

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 2, p. 250B.

Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served with the United States Colored Troops: 1st through 5th United States Colored Cavalry, 5th Massachusetts Cavalry (Colored), 6th United States Colored Cavalry, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M1817, Roll 0076.

KYR-0001-004-0902.

KYR-0001-009-0069.

Citation

Williams, Thornton. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209669 (November 12, 2026).

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