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John R. Wheat (Adair County, Kentucky, merchant and captain)

b. 1841? d. 1920-04-25

Adair County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Eli Wheat and Elizabeth Wheat. Married to Sophia Palmer Wheat in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on June 25, 1863. Father of Palmer Wheat. Student in Adair County in 1850. Merchant in Adair County in 1860. Served in the 9th Regiment Kentucky Infantry (U.S.A.) as captain from November 16, 1861, to December 15, 1864.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, County, District 1, p. 2B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, Columbia, p. 93.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kansas, Davis County, Junction City, p. 514A.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 235.

U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Application #1156.391, Certificate #889822.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #000819617, p. 102 of 419 microfilm (accessed via ancestry.com).

California, Death Index, 1905-1939 Surnames R-Z, p. 11674.

Citation

Wheat, John R.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213597 (November 12, 2026).

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