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Simon C. Oliver (Lyon County, Kentucky, farm laborer and soldier.)

b. 1832?

Lyon County, Kentucky, farm laborer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Josiah Oliver and Elizabeth Oliver. Farmer in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farm laborer in Lyon County, Kentucky, in 1860. Farmer in Lyon County in 1863. Served in the 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.) as a private from December 15, 1864, to May 2, 1865. Reported as deserted on April 18, 1865. Signed an oath of allegiance to the United States Government on May 2, 1865.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 393B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, p. 754.

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0023.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Lyon County, KY, June 1863, p. 20.

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Oliver, Simon C.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32212730 (November 12, 2026).

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