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Samuel M. Letcher, Jr. (Lexington, KY, clerk; pvt 21st Ky Inf; capt and major in 12th Ky Inf. USA)

b. 1841-09-10 d. 1891-10-05

Lexington, Kentucky, clerk and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Samuel M. Letcher, Sr. and Ellen M. Letcher. Student in Lexington in 1850. Household owned six enslaved persons in Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1850. Clerk in Lexington in 1860. Household owned five enslaved persons in Lexington in 1860. Served in the 21st Kentucky Volunter Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from October 21, 1861, to January 2, 1862. Served in the 12th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as captain and major from June 15, 1862, to August 1, 1865. Appointed brevet colonel on July 15, 1865.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, p. 215B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 666.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, p. 387.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington Ward 1, p. 450A.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 80, 596, 960.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Rolls 0257, 0340.

"Dr. Letcher Buried," The Daily Leader (Lexington, Kentucky), October 6, 1891, p. 4.

Find A Grave, "Dr. Samuel M. Letcher Jr. (1841-1891)," Memorial #99259776, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99259776 (accessed December 3, 2020).

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Letcher, Samuel M., Jr.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213564 (November 12, 2026).

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