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Alexander L. Patton (Green County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier - Pvt. 7th Ky. Cav. (C.S.A.))

b. 1840 d. 1922

Green County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Green County, Kentucky, native. Son of William Patton and Margaret Patton. Household owned ten enslaved persons in Green County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Green County in 1860. Household owned eleven enslaved persons in Green County in 1860. Served in the 7th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.) as a private from September 17, 1862 to June 10, 1864. Captured by the United States Army at Mount Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky, on June 10, 1864. Signed a loyalty oath to the U. S. government on January 3, 1865.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, District 1, p. 80B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, District 1.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, District 1, p. 653.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, District 1, p. 4B.

"Alexander Lee Patton, Sr." (1840-1922)," Find A Grave, Memorial 10688546, accessed June 1, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10688546.

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0307.

Citation

Patton, Alexander L.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32280975 (November 12, 2026).

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