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Thomas W. Gillenwaters (Monroe County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier)

b. 1837? d. 1912?

Monroe County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Tennessee native. Son of John Gillenwaters and Martha Gillenwaters. Married to Nancy M. Gillenwaters. Father of John W. Gillenwaters, Rachel E. Gillenwaters, and William S. Gillenwaters. Resident of Hawkins County, Tennessee, in 1850. Farmer in Monroe County, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in the 37th Kentucky Infantry (U.S.A.) as private and sergeant from September 17,1863, to May 10,1865.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Hawkins County, District 10, p. 378A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Monroe County, p. 118.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Monroe County, Precinct 2, p. 135A-135B.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 418.

U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Application #984.166, Certificate #9680862.

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Gillenwaters, Thomas W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214501 (November 12, 2026).

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