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John L. Zeigler (Wayne County, West Virginia, farmer and soldier)

b. 1813?

Wayne County, West Virginia, farmer and soldier. Franklin County, Pennsylvania, native. Married to Susan Hampton Zeigler. Father of Hiram C. Zeigler, William A. Zeigler, Elizabeth M. Zeigler, John H. Zeigler, Helen M. Zeigler, Joseph P. Zeigler, Caroline E. Zeigler, and Amanda H. Zeigler. Farmer in Wayne County, Virginia, in 1850. Farmer in Wayne County, Virginia, in 1860. Served in the 5th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as colonel from September 14, 1861 to April 14, 1863.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Virginia, Wayne County, District 66, p. 232B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Virginia, Wayne County, p. 748.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyd County, Catlettsburg, p. 101A.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of West Virginia, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M508, Roll 131.
Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1965), KDLA, Roll #7016168: All Counties Deaths, File #25154, p. 2059 of microfilm (accessed through Ancestry.com on August 5, 2019).

Citation

Zeigler, John L.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210659 (November 12, 2026).

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