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Joseph Lawson (Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Cav.)

b. 1819 d. 1881-01-30

Covington, Kentucky, merchant and soldier. New York native. Married to Sarah Ann Birdsall Lawson in Hamilton County, Ohio, on December 18, 1843. Father of Anna Lawson, Thomas Lawson, Charles Lawson, Joseph Edward Lawson, Sarah Lawson, Mary Ella Lawson, and Carrie Lawson. Merchant in Covington, Kentucky, in 1860. Employed Caroline Clay as a servant in Kenton County in 1860. Served in the 11th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a second lieutenant and captain from August 18, 1862 to July 17, 1865.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington Ward 2, p. 604.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Pennsylvania, Cumberland County, Carlisle East Ward, p. 290A.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 109.

Ohio Marriage Records, 1774-1993, Hamilton County Marriages, Film 000344456, p. 189.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 292.

"Joseph Lawson (1819-1881)," Find A Grave, Memorial 3533147, accessed May 24, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3533147.

Citation

Lawson, Joseph. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32212859 (November 12, 2026).

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