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Kentucky soldier. Greene County, Tennessee native. Son of Johnathon Ervin and Mary Ervin. Resident in Bradley County, Tennessee, in 1860. Farmer in 1864. Served in the 1st Kentucky Light Artillery (U.S.A.) as private and corporal from September 10, 1863. Reported as deserted from Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, on January 2, 1865. Returned to duty in May 1865 and mustered out of service July 26, 1865.

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Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Bradley County, District 10, p. 247.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 510.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0147.

Citation

Ervin, John A.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32279760 (November 13, 2026).

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Petition
James E. Hensley et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
1864-09-07

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