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Versailles, Kentucky, farm hand. Woodford County, Kentucky, native. Enlisted in the 12th U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery Regiment on September 27, 1864 at Camp Nelson, Kentucky. Reported as deserted on October 10, 1864. Farm hand in Versailles in 1870.

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Sex: Male
Race: Black

Bibliography

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford, Versailles, p. 78.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M1818, Roll 226.

Citation

Ford, Lewis J.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214775 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
R. H. Davenport et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
1863-10-06

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