John H. Donahew (Powell County, Kentucky, resident and soldier)
b. 1837?
Powell County, Kentucky, resident and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Jacob Donahew and Jane Donahew. Student in Montgomery County, Kentucky, in 1850. Resident of Powell County in 1860. Served in the 4th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from October 9, 1861 to October 30, 1862. Reported as deserted on October 30, 1862.
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- Male
- Race
- White
Bibliography
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, District 2, p. 63A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Powell County, p. 47.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 654-5.
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Donahew, John H.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211345 (November 12, 2026).
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