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John D. Belden (Marion County, Kentucky, merchant, justice of the peace, captain and second lieutenant (U.S.A.))

b. 1830-01-01 d. 1908-11-19

Marion County, Kentucky, merchant, justice of the peace and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of James Beldon and Nancy Beldon. Married to Melissa Jane Edwards Beldon in Casey County, Kentucky, on April 2, 1851. Father of Nina Beldon, Emily Beldon, John Beldon, James Beldon, and Anna Beldon. Merchant in Casey County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned two enslaved persons in Casey County in 1850. Merchant in Marion County in 1860. Employed Samuel Belden as a Clerk in Marion County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Marion County in 1862. Served in the 8th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry (U.S.A.) as a second lieutenant and captain from September 8, 1862 to September 17, 1863.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Casey County, District 2, p. 296A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Casey County, District 2, p. 937.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, Bradfordsville, p. 696.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, Lebanon, p. 75B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Casey County Marriages, Film #000591587, p. 52.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 226.

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0087.

"Judge John D. Beldon (1830-1908)," Find A Grave, Memorial #112963529, accessed December 13, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112963529.

KYR-0001-031-0068.

Citation

Belden, John D.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213735 (November 12, 2026).

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