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William Mynheir (Morgan County, KY, circuit ct clerk, farmer, sheriff, capt & Maj 5th Ky Mt Inf CSA)

b. 1821-10-13 d. 1892-07-26

Morgan County, Kentucky, court clerk and soldier. Morgan County, Kentucky, native. Son of John Mynheir and Sallie McKenzie Mynheir. Farmer in Morgan County in 1850. Elected sheriff of Morgan County in 1852. Clerk of Morgan Circuit Court in Morgan County from 1860 to 1861. Served in the 5th Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry Regiment (C.S.A.) as captain and major from November 23, 1861, to 1865.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Morgan County, 86B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Morgan County, District 1, p. 109.

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 111.

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861,” in 1862 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-08.

Mt. Sterling Advocate (Mount Sterling, Ky.), July 26, 1892, p. 7.

Find A Grave, "William Harrison ‘Bill’ Mynheir (1831-1892)," Memorial #48401541, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48401541/william-harrison-mynhier# (accessed on July 31, 2018).

Citation

Mynheir, William. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210051 (November 12, 2026).

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