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Robert Clifton (Owen County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier (11th KY Cav USA))

b. 1841?

Owen County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Edward Clifton and Anna Clifton. Married to Lucinda Lancaster Clifton in Owen County, Kentucky, on December 15, 1858. Father of Lewellen Clifton. Attended school in Owen County in 1850. Farmer in Owen County in 1860. Served in the 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from September 22, 1862 to January 2, 1863. Deserted at Green County, Kentucky, on January 2, 1863.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owen County, District 2, p. 183B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owen County, District 1, p. 122.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0106.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Owen County Marriages, Film 000272769.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 280-1.

Citation

Clifton, Robert. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211986 (November 12, 2026).

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