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Walter Scates Dabney (Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier - 1st Sgt. VA Artillery (C.S.A.))

b. 1837-11-10 d. 1905-11-12

Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Albert Dabney and Elizabeth Dabney. Attended school in Christian County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned sixteen enslaved persons in Christian County in 1850. Attended the University of Virginia Law School in Charlottesville, Albermarle County, Virginia in 1858. Attorney in Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Hopkinsville in 1860. Household owned fourteen enslaved persons Hopkinsville in 1860. Served in the Virginia Horse Artillery (C.S.A.) as an orderly sergeant and first sergeant from March 1, 1862 to May 19, 1865.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 2, p. 363A.

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

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 678.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 274B.

Catalogue of the University of Virginia, 1857-1858Richmond: Charles W. Wynne, Printer, 1858, p. 11.

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0267.

"Walter Scates Dabney (1837-1905)," Find A Grave, Memorial 10703114, accessed June 21, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10703114.

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Dabney, Walter Scates. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281032 (November 12, 2026).

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