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Orville G. Camron (Harrison County, KY, merchant and soldier)

b. 1819-07-12 d. 1872-03-11

Harrison County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Susan A. Conn Camron in Nicholas County, Kentucky, on August 18, 1843. Father of James Camron. Merchant in Harrison County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1850. Owned eight enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1860. Served in the 1st Battalion Kentucky Mounted Rifles (C.S.A.) as a captain from December 31, 1861, to April 30, 1862.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 1, p. 94B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 1, p. 365.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, City/District, p. 128A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Nicholas County Marriages, Film 000252404, p. 159.

“Camron, Orville G.,” Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0006.

"Maj Orville Glasgow “O. G.” Camron (1819-1872)," Find A Grave, Memorial 22158860, accessed January 28, 2024, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22158860.

Citation

Camron, Orville G.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281566 (November 12, 2026).

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