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James Hammons (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier)

b. 1832?

Grant County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Owen County, Kentucky, native. Married to Mary R. Roland Hammons in Owen County, Kentucky, on January 19, 1854. Father of Alonzo Hammons and Mary A. Hammons. Married to Nancy J. Brumlack Hammons in Grant County on June 2, 1859. Father of Laura B. Hammons. Farmer in Grant County in 1860. Served in the 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a corporal and private from September 22, 1862 to October 28, 1862. Deserted on October 28, 1862. Arrested for desertion on January 15, 1863. Reported as deserted to the Confederacy on January 25, 1863.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 959.

“Hammon, James,” Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0108.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994035, Grant County Marriages, p. 105.

Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954, Genealogical Society of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, UT, Owen County Marriages, Film 004263508.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Owen County Marriages, Film 001943448, p. 60.

Hammonds, Laura B. Ohio Death Certificates, 1908-1953, State Vital Statistics Unit, Ohio Department of Health. Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, OH. Archive Series 3094. File #60302.

Citation

Hammons, James. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211807 (November 12, 2026).

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