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Thomas A. Cheser (Washington County, KY, farmer and soldier)

b. 1838?

Washington County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Beeden Cheser and Charlotte H. Cheser. Married to Lucinda Hardin Cheser in Washington County, Kentucky, on April 19, 1860. Resident of Washington County in 1850. Farmer in Washington County in 1860. Indicted by the Washington Circuit Court for the stabbing of John W. Hendricks in Washington County in 1861. Served in the 6th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from July 27, 1862, to September 6, 1865. Reported as deserted on March 9, 1864. Returned to service on March 6, 1865.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, p. 187B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, District 2, p. 67.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Washington County Marriages, Film 000551244, p. 52.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 062.

Citation

Cheser, Thomas A.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281352 (November 12, 2026).

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