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John P. Meredith (Trigg County, Kentucky, laborer, farmer, and private 16th Ky Cav USA)

b. 1824?

Trigg County, Kentucky, laborer, farmer, and private 16th Ky Cav USA. Kentucky native. Married to Eveline Downs Meredith. Father of S. V. Meredith and Milly Ann Meredith. Married to Martha Johnson Meredith in Stewart County, Tennessee, on May 22, 1854. Father of John Meredith, James Meredith, and Dillard Meredith. Laborer in Trigg County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Trigg County in 1860. Served in the 16th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as private from December 20, 1863, to October 1864.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, District 2, p. 374B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, Cadiz, p. 146.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, Futrell, p. 82B.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0136.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994056, Trigg County Births, p. 1.

Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, Stewart County Marriages, 1849-1893.

Citation

Meredith, John P.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32280499 (November 12, 2026).

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