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James W. Lewis (Carroll County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier)

b. 1839-03-01 d. 1924-06-29

Carroll County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Carroll County, Kentucky, native. Son of Stephen Lewis and Malinda Lewis. Married to Mary A. Butts in Carroll County in May 1865. Attended school in Carroll County in 1850. Farmer in Carrol County in 1860. Served in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from December 31, 1861 to May 17, 1864. Wounded at the Battle of Campbell's Station, Knox County, Tennessee, on November 16, 1863. Discharged on account of disability on May 17, 1864.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, District 1, p. 167A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, Worthville, p. 123.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0266.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 14787.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, X County Marriages, Film 000414689, p. 365.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 870.

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Lewis, James W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32215222 (November 12, 2026).

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