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Lewis W. Sewell (Henry Co, master carpenter)

b. 1828-02-26 d. 1899-11-09

Henry County, Kentucky, carpenter. Kentucky native. Son of Joseph Sewell and Catherine Sewell. Resident in Henry County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned five enslaved persons in Henry County in 1850. Master carpenter in Henry County in 1860. Household owned six enslaved persons in Henry County in 1860. Carpenter in Henry County in 1864. Served in the 54th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as private and second lieutenant from September 21, 1864, to September 1, 1865.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, District 1, p. 401A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, District 1, p. 579.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, Subdivision 1, p. 313.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, Subdivision 1, p. 180B.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 547.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0463.

"Lewis W. Sewell (1828-1899)," Find A Grave, Memorial #87515694, accessed November 9, 2020, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87515694.

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Sewell, Lewis W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32279739 (November 12, 2026).

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