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Jonathan Abney (Rockcastle County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier.)

b. 1820-05-10 d. 1873-10-10

Rockcastle County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Ollie Jane Sexton Abney. Father of Mary Jane Abney, Julia Ann Abney, Louisa Abney, Archibald Abney, Ollie J. Abney, Sarah B. Abner, William Abner, Samantha Abner, Reuben Abner, Marion M. Abney, John S. M. Abney, and Squire Abney. Farmer in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Rockcastle County in 1860. Served in the Rockcastle and Lincoln County Guards (U.S.A.) from May 7, 1862, to July 7, 1862.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, Northern District, p. 189B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, p. 571.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, District 1, p. 30A.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0472.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 5349.

"Jonathan Abney (1820-1873)," Find A Grave, Memorial 5247267, accessed September 26, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5247267.

Citation

Abney, Jonathan. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281146 (November 12, 2026).

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