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James H. Anderson (Montgomery County, Kentucky, farmer and pvt 1st Ky Lt.Artillery )

b. 1822? d. 1888?

Montgomery County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Stevens Anderson. Father of Henry Anderson, Newton Anderson, Mary Anderson, Margaret Jane Anderson, Asena Anderson, Rebecca Anderson, Lydia Anderson, and A. E. Anderson. Farmer in Montgomery County in 1850. Farmer in Montgomery County in 1860. Convicted of manslaughter against Andrew [Unknown] in Montgomery County in 1860. Sentenced to two years imprisonment at hard labor in the Kentucky State Penitentiary by the Montgomery Circuit Court. Served in the 1st Kentucky Light Artillery Regiment (U.S.A.) as private from October 6, 1863, to July 10, 1865. Reported as deserted at Lexington, Kentucky, on June 13, 1864. Returned to service on June 2, 1865.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, District 2, p. 77B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, Mount Sterling, p. 233.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, Jeffersonville, p. 251B.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0148.

U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Application #370695, Certificate #320916.

KYR-0001-020-0287.

Citation

Anderson, James H.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213505 (November 12, 2026).

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