Person

James William Lindsay (Scott County, KY, farmer)

b. 1834 d. 1912

Scott County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Mary E. Lindsay. Attended school in Scott County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned thirteen enslaved persons in Scott County in 1850. Farmer in Scott County in 1860. Household owned sixteen enslaved persons in Scott County in 1860. Served in the 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (C.S.A.) as a private from August 9, 1861, to May 9, 1865. Wounded at the Battle of Chickamauga, Walker County, Georgia, on September 20, 1863. Signed a loyalty oath to the U.S. government in Davidson County, Tennessee, on May 20, 1865.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 2, p.480A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 2, p. 31.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 1, p. 953.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 1, p. 225A.

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0084.

"James William Lindsay (1834-1912)," Find A Grave, Memorial 18335904, accessed October 26, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18335904.

Citation

Lindsay, James William. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281253 (November 12, 2026).

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