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King Plummer (Pendleton & Mason counties, KY, engineer and day laborer; pvt 40th Ky Inf USA)

b. 1823?

Pendleton County and Mason County, Kentucky, engineer, laborer, and soldier. Knetucky native. Married to Elletha Plummer. Father of Henry A. Plummer, Lycurgus Plummer, Geneva Plummer, and King Plummer. Engineer in Maysville, Kentucky, in 1850. Day laborer in Maysville in 1860. Gambler in Pendleton County in 1863. Served in the 40th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from August 31, 1863, to December 30, 1864.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville, District 1, p. 52A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville, District 2, p. 333.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pendleton County, District 1, p. 380B.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Pendleton County, KY, June and July 1863, p. 377 of 536 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com).

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Rolls 0434 and 0510.

Citation

Plummer, King. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32279817 (November 12, 2026).

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