Person

Zarel Cannon (Green County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier.)

b. 1833-09-28 d. 1919-12-13

Green County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Green County, Kentucky, native. Son of Bird Cannon and Susan Gassaway Cannon. Married to Louisa V. Hutcherson Cannon. Resident of Green County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmhand in Green County in 1860. Served in the 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private and corporal from April 29, 1862, to June 20, 1865.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, District 1, p. 90B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, District 2, p. 589.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, Precinct 3, p. 461A.

Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of Civil War Veterans, ca. 1861 – ca. 1910, NARA RG 15, Application 0026.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994036, Green County Births.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 21617.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 32285.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 445.

Citation

Cannon, Zarel. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210482 (November 12, 2026).

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