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William J. Howton (Hopkins County, Kentucky, farm laborer, farmer, and private 48th KY Inf (U.S.A.))

b. 1840-01-17 d. 1915-01-31

Hopkins County, Kentucky, farm laborer, farmer, and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Lewis Howton and Sarah Howton. Married to Mary Inglis Howton. Student in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farm laborer in Hopkins County in 1860. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1863. Served in the 48th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as private from October 26, 1863, to December 15, 1864.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 83A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Charleston, p. 723.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Charleston, p. 89B.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0445.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Hopkins County, KY, September 1863, p. 16.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #9099.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 482.

"William Jasper Howton (1840-1915)," Find A Grave, Memorial #70169230, accessed January 28, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70169230.

Citation

Howton, William J.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213483 (November 12, 2026).

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