Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Hartford, Ohio County, Kentucky, sheriff and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Lucinda Shanks. Father of Philena E. Shanks, Lucie Shanks. Sheriff in Hartford, Ohio County in 1860. Colonel of the Twelfth Kentucky Cavalry (U.S.A.) from October 11, 1862 until February 14, 1863.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Find A Grave, "Colonel Quintus C. Shanks (April 1, 1811- July 12, 1900)," Memorial #13028779, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13028779 (accessed January 04, 2019).
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 302.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ohio County, Hartford p. 197.

Citation

Shanks, Quintus C.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214278 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
C. W. Stevens et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
1863-10-23

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