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John Calvin Skaggs (Green County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier.)

b. 1829 d. 1890

Green County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of William B. Skaggs and Nancy Skaggs. Married to Nancy Skaggs in Green County, Kentucky, on September 10, 1850. Father of John A. Skaggs, James D. Skaggs, and Mary J. Skaggs. Separated from Nancy Skaggs. Married Arabelle Davis Skaggs in LaRue County, Kentucky, in February 1865. Father of Malissa J. Skaggs. Farmer in Green County in 1860. Served in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from December 31, 1861, to February 14, 1863. Reported as deserted in Hart County, Kentucky, on February 14, 1863. Served in the 37th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from October 24, 1863, to December 29, 1864.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, District 1, pp. 671-2.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, Upper Brush Creek Precinct, p. 511B.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0268.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0420.

Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954, Genealogical Society of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, UT, Green County Marriages, Film 000594644.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, LaRue County Marriages, Film 000409563.

U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Roll 433.

"John Calvin Skaggs (1829-1890)," Find A Grave, Memorial 78653335, accessed March 29, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78653335.

Citation

Skaggs, John Calvin. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32280895 (November 12, 2026).

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