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John W. Black (Jeff. co., corporal 1st ky light artillery )

b. 1845?

Jefferson County, Kentucky, student and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of James Black and Martha Black. Resident in Scott County, Kentucky, in 1850. Student in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in the 1st Kentucky Light Artillery (U.S.A.) as a private and corporal from September 10, 1863, to July 26, 1865.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 2, p. 459B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 1, p. 887.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 510, 519.

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

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Black, John W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32279777 (November 13, 2026).

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