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Robert T Williams (Montgomery County, Kentucky, attorney and major (U.S.A.))

b. 1837-10-05 d. 1925-06-18

Montgomery County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of John Williams and Louisa Caroline Morrow Williams. Married to Sarah "Sallie" W. Gill Williams in Douglas County, Illinois, on May 10, 1865. Attended school in Montgomery County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned thirteen enslaved persons in Montgomery County in 1850. Attended Missouri University in Boone County, Missouri, from 1855 to 1856. Attorney in Montgomery County, Kentucky, in 1860. Household owned eighteen enslaved persons in Montgomery County in 1860. Served in the 4th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) as first lieutenant from October 9, 1861, to December 9, 1862. Accused of desertion from November 1862 to December 1862. Served in the 14th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry (U.S.A.) as major from March 25, 1863, to September 16, 1863.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, District 1, p. 14A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, District 1, p. 111.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, p. 264.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, p. 10-11.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Macon County, Mount Zion, p. 556B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Bath County Marriages, Film 000273004.

Illinois County Marriages, Douglas County Marriage Records, Tuscola, Illinois. Film #004661334, Marriage Book A, 1857-1961, p. 89.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0192.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0133.

"Civil War Veteran Dies," Herald and Review, (Decatur, IL), 19 June 1925, p. 2.

Fourteenth Annual Catalogue of the Officers and Students of the Missouri University, for the Year Ending July the Fourth, 1856, (Columbia: State Journal Book and Job Office, 1856), p. 7.

Citation

Williams, Robert T. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281229 (November 12, 2026).

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