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Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and provisional government representative. Tennessee native. Father of William Bowers. Married Julia Pepper Bowers in Robertson County, Tennessee, on June 3, 1846. Father of Demetrius L. Bowers and Mary C. Bowers. Farmer in Robertson County in 1840. Owned eight enslaved persons in Robertson County in 1840. Farmer in Robertson County in 1850. Owned eight enslaved persons in Robertson County in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1860. Employed William Bowers in Caldwell County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1860. Reported as a member of the convention of the provisional government held at Russellville, Kentucky, in November 1861.
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Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of William Wadlington. Father of William J. Wadlington. Married to Mary A. J. Cartwright Wadlington in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on December 21, 1850. Father of Thomas M. Wadlington, Mary T. Wadlington, and Ann Babb Wadlington. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Member of the Democratic Party. Caldwell County representative to Kentucky State Democratic Convention in Frankfort in January 1859. Elected Caldwell County representative to Kentucky State Democratic Convention in Frankfort in January 1860. Farmer and convict in Caldwell County in 1860. Household owned seven enslaved persons, including John [Unknown] and Jourdan [Unknown], in Caldwell County in 1860. Convicted by the Caldwell Circuit Court of the murder of Milton A. Cartwright in November 1860. Sentenced to death by the Caldwell Circuit Court in November 1860. Sentence commuted to life in prison by Governor Beriah Magoffin on February 11, 1861. Inmate of the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Frankfort from March 21, 1861, to March 21, 1863.
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Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of James Allen Cartwright. Farmer in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860. Killed by Thomas B. Wadlington in Caldwell County on January 17, 1860.
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Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer. Alabama native. Son of Hiram Prince and Nancy E. Prince. Married to Virginia Prince. Resident in Walker County, Georgia, in 1850. Farm laborer in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1860.
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Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Jared Blalock and Mary A. Blalock. Married to Sarah A. Blalock. Father of H. P. Blalock. Student in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farm laborer in Caldwell County in 1860. Household owned nineteen enslaved persons in Princeton in 1860. Served in the 8th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from September 6, 1862, to September 23, 1863. Served in the 12th Kentucky Volunteer Calvary Regiment (U.S.A.) as a sergeant from March 17, 1864, to August 23, 1865.
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Caldwell County, Kentucky, deputy court clerk. Kentucky native. Son of Richard Barnes and Mary Barnes. Married to M. E. Barnes. Father of Arthur Barnes. Student in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Deputy clerk of Caldwell Circuit Court in Princeton, Kentucky, in 1860. Deputy clerk of Caldwell Circuit Court in Caldwell County in 1861.
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State in the upper south of the United States. Capital at Frankfort. Located on the Ohio River.
County in western Kentucky. Seat at Princeton.
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d and he states, that said Cartwright was considered in his neighborhood (up to the time of his death) a dangerous, quarrelsome, and disorderly young man. and he states, that from his Knowledge of all the parties, and the circumstances connected with the Killing, he does verily believe that the evidence as given by
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