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Samuel H. Thompson (Rockcastle County, Kentucky, soldier in 7th Ky US and provost marshal)

b. 1837? d. 1917-01-28

Rockcastle County, Kentucky, soldier and provost marshal. Kentucky native. Son of M. Thompson and Lucinda Thompson. Married to Susan C. Thompson. Father of James W. Thompson and Theopholis Thompson. Resident in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, in 1850. Served in Company K of the 7th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a first lieutenant from September 22, 1861 to June 26, 1862. Served as Provost Marshal for Rockcastle County. Farmer in Rockcastle County in 1863.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, Southern District, p. 175B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, Mount Vernon, p. 34A.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Rockcastle County, KY, 1863, p. 366.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 767.

"Old Citizen Passes Away," Mount Vernon Signal (Mount Vernon KY), February 2, 1917, p. 5.

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Thompson, Samuel H.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32280234 (November 12, 2026).

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