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Archibald Carson (Crab Orchard, Kentucky, constable, soldier, and justice of the peace)

b. 1821? d. 1897-06-18

Crab Orchard, Kentucky, constable, soldier, and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth S. Carson. Father of Mary A. Carson, Samuel S. Carson, Elizabeth C. Carson, William Archibald Carson, Stewart M. Carson, and James H. Carson. Hotel keeper in Lincoln County in 1850. Constable in Crab Orchard in 1860. Corporal in the Rockcastle & Lincoln Co. Home Guards from May 1862 to July 1862. Second lieutenant with the 8th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment from September 1862 to September 1863. Justice of the peace for the Crab Orchard precinct of Lincoln County, Kentucky, in 1865.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Lincoln County, District 2, p. 49.; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Lincoln County, Crab Orchard, p. 1; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population schedule, Kentucky, Lincoln County, Crab Orchard, p. 5; Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0472; Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0088; Find A Grave, "Arch Carson (1821-1897)," Memorial #95240322, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=95240322&ref=acom (accessed May 30, 2017).

Citation

Carson, Archibald. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32212440 (November 12, 2026).

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