Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Todd County, Kentucky, clerk and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Matthew and Jane Thompson. Student in Todd County in 1850. Clerk in Todd County in 1860. Served in 2nd Kentucky Cavalry (C.S.A.) as private from 1861 to 1864. Captured near Cleveland, Tennessee on November 24, 1863. Appeared on a register of prisoners of war leaving the Military Prison, Louisville, Kentucky, for Rock Island Barracks, Illinois, on December 11, 1863. Died of smallpox on March 3, 1864.

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Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Todd County, District 1, p. 196B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Todd County, p. 697.
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0066.

Citation

Thompson, George R.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213258 (November 12, 2026).

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Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Spiller H. Dickinson, G. R. Thompson, and William Glass, Indictment

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