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Robert I. Capps (Rockcastle County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. )

b. 1836-02-25 d. 1903-08-13

Rockcastle County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Rockcastle County, Kentucky, native. Son of William Capps and Margaret Capps. Married to Mary Hannah Thomas Capps in Montgomery County, Kentucky, on November 28, 1865. Attended school in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Rockcastle County in 1860. Served in the 14th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a sergeant from August 21, 1862, to September 16, 1863. Captured in Montgomery County, Kentucky, on March 22, 1863. Paroled on March 22, 1863.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, Southern District, p. 176B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, p. 490.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Douglas County, Bowdre Township, p. 255A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Montgomery County Marriages, Film 000252359.

"Obituary," The Owingsville Outlook (Owingsville, KY), August 27, 1903, p. 1.

Citation

Capps, Robert I.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281177 (November 12, 2026).

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