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William H. Jackson (Laurel County, Kentucky, blacksmith, QM and first lieut. 7th Ky Inf. USA)

b. 1830-03-07 d. 1899-01-02

Laurel County, Kentucky, blacksmith and soldier. Laurel County native. Son of Stephen Jackson and Minerva Jackson. Married to Mariah L. McWeir Jackson in Laurel County on September 3, 1857. Father of Robert M. Jackson, John H. Jackson, and Jarvis Jackson. Blacksmith in Laurel County in 1860. Served in the 7th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as quartermaster and first lieutenant from February 1, 1862, to October 5, 1864.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Laurel County, p. 48A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Laurel County, London, p. 473.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Laurel County, London, p. 146A.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1914), KDLA, Film #994027-994058: Laurel, 1875, p. 6 of 21 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com).

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 214.

Find A Grave, “William Harvey Jackson (1839-1875)," Memorial # 23863222, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23863222/william-harvey-jackson (accessed February 18, 2021).

Citation

Jackson, William H.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210200 (November 12, 2026).

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