Person

Lewis Letig Pinkerton (Woodford County, Kentucky minister, school founder, asst surgeon 11th Ky Cav USA)

b. 1812-01-28 d. 1875-01-28

Woodford County, Kentucky, minister, professor, and surgeon. Baltimore County, Maryland, native. Son of William Pinkerton and Elizabeth Letig Pinkerton. Married to Sarah A. Ball Pinkerton in Butler County, Ohio, on March 19, 1833. Father of William W. Pinkerton, Virginia Pinkerton, Burnett S. Pinkerton, James P. Pinkerton, Samuel D. Pinkerton, Lewis M. Pinkerton, and Mary B. Pinkerton. Resident of Hamilton County, Ohio, from 1836 to 1839. Attended Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1841. Founded the Kentucky Female Orphan School in Woodford County, Kentucky, in 1847. Minister in Woodford County in 1850. Owned five enslaved persons in Woodford County in 1850. Minister in Woodford County in 1860. Household owned four enslaved persons in Woodford County in 1860. Professor at Kentucky University in Mercer County, Kentucky, from 1860 to 1866. Served in the 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as assistant surgeon and surgeon from August 13, 1862, to May 22, 1863.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, District 1, p. 447B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, District 1.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, Midway, p. 843.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, Midway, p. 488A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 1, p. 195A.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0110.

Ohio Marriage Records, 1774-1993, Butler County Marriages, Film 000355779.

W. T. Moore, ed., The Living Pulpit of the Christian Church: A Series of Discourses, Doctrinal and Practical, from Representative Men among the Disciples of Christ. With a Brief Biographical Sketch and Steel Portrait of Each Contributor (Cincinnati, OH: R. W. Carroll & Co., 1868), 103-4.

John Shackleford, Jr., ed., Letters and Addresses of Dr. L. L. Pinkerton (Cincinnati, OH: Chase & Hall, 1876).

"Dr Lewis Lettig Pinkerton (1812-1875)," Find A Grave, Memorial 46581555, accessed November 8, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45681555.

Citation

Pinkerton, Lewis Letig. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210083 (November 12, 2026).

The people, organizations, and places listed below appear in the same documents as Lewis Letig Pinkerton (Woodford County, Kentucky minister, school founder, asst surgeon 11th Ky Cav USA). They are sorted by the number of documents they share.

Documents (3)

People

Organizations

Places

Loading network...

Network Visualized

How to use the visualization

CWGK’s network visualization brings the edition’s documents to life. The network on this page centers around Pinkerton, Lewis Letig. Click on the light blue dot to see the documents in which the entity appears. You can also click on the dark orange dots to see other people linked to Pinkerton, Lewis Letig, a light orange dot to see the places connected to Pinkerton, Lewis Letig, or dark green dots to see organizations linked to Pinkerton, Lewis Letig.

Additionally, the lines between the dots add additional information. The light green lines demonstrate direct connections between Pinkerton, Lewis Letig and another person, place, or organization. The light pink lines highlight that the dots appear in the same document.