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Minor Ellis (Bath County, Kentucky, farmer and pvt 10th KY Cav USA)

b. 1836-08-08 d. 1885-01-22

Bath County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Bath County native. Married to Sarah Elizabeth Eden Ellis in Bath County on April 1, 1857. Father of Mary Ellis, Nancy Ellis, and John Ellis. Farmer in Bath County in 1860. Served in the 10th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from September 8, 1862, to September 17, 1863. Prisoner of war, captured at Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, on March 22, 1863. Paroled at Camp Dennison, Ohio, on May 11, 1863.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, p. 140.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Menard County, Township 19 Range 5 West, p. 11B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Bath County Marriages, 1832-1893, Film #000216816, p. 31 of 59 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com).

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 253.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0101.

Find A Grave, “Minor Ellis (1836-1885)," Memorial # 35404981, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35404981/minor-ellis (accessed January 14, 2021).

Citation

Ellis, Minor. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213822 (November 12, 2026).

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