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Lorenzo Dow Holloway (Scott County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier - Cpt. 5th Ky. Cav. (C.S.A.))

b. 1823-01-21 d. 1916-11-05

Scott County, Kentucky, merchant. Kentucky native. Son of John Holloway and Margaret Holloway. Married to Elizabeth Poindexter Holloway in Scott County, Kentucky, on October 13, 1842. Father of Edward Holloway, Kate Holloway, Mary Holloway, Caroline Holloway, and Fanny Holloway. Merchant in Scott County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned five enslaved persons in 1850. Postmaster in Scott County in 1854. Merchant in Scott County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Scott County in 1860. Served in the 5th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.) as a first sergeant and captain from September 2, 1862 to April 30, 1865.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 2, p. 475A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 2, p. 27.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 1, p. 950.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 1, p. 224B.

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0034.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994054, Scott County Deaths.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Scott County Marriages, Film 000183225.

"Lorenzo D. Holloway (1823-1916)," Find A Grave, Memorial 90710128, accessed June 15, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90710128.

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Scott County, Kentucky, vol. 14, p. 4.

Citation

Holloway, Lorenzo Dow. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281003 (November 12, 2026).

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