Person

James Clayton (Lawrence County, Missouri, farmer, 46th MO Inf private USA)

b. 1826?

Lawrence County, Missouri, farmer and soldier. Caldwell County, Kentucky, native. Married to Arrena Bashaw Clayton in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on January 30, 1850. Father of Lucretia Clayton, Lucy A. Clayton, James T. Clayton, Francis M. Clayton, and William K. Clayton. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Lawrence County, Missouri, in 1860. Served in the 46th Missouri Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from September 6, 1864, to March 6, 1865.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 355A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Missouri, Lawrence County, Mount Vernon, p. 907.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Missouri, Lawrence County, Mount Vernon, p. 485A.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Missouri, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M405, Roll 0679.

"James Samuel Clayton (1826-1910)," Find A Grave, Memorial #66599545, accessed February 14, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66599545.

Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, 1786-1878, Film #000851644, p. 276.

Citation

Clayton, James. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32212729 (November 12, 2026).

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