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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department of Military Affairs 1st - 2nd Regiments Kentucky Cavalry Muster Rolls KYR-0002-033-0027 Box 45, Bundle 1

Samuel Belden (1st ky cavalry regiment) N00005147 1840? Categories: People

Casey County, Kentucky, resident and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of James Belden and Nancy Belden. Resident in Casey County in 1850. First sergeant, second lieutenant, first lieutenant, and captain in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment from July 27, 1861, to December 31, 1864.

Relationships Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 6-7. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Casey County, District 2, p. 296A. George Watkins Drye (Casey County, KY, Major in 1st Ky Cavalry) N00005237 1843? Categories: People

Casey County, Kentucky soldier. Casey County native. Son of George Drye, Jr., and Rowena D. Drye. Resident of Casey County in 1850. Household owned twenty-one enslaved persons in 1850. Student in Casey County in 1860. Household owned twenty-nine enslaved persons in 1860. Served in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as first lieutenant, adjutant, captain and major from July 18, 1861, to June 9, 1864. Wounded at Rockford, Tennessee on November 14, 1862.

Relationships Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Silas Adams (Union Lt. Col, kentucky attorney.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Casey County, District 2, p. 316B Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Casey County, District 2, p. 935 Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Casey County, District no. 5, p. 418. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Casey County, p. 251. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 2-3. Vincent Peyton (Farmer, 1st Kentucky cavalry regiment) N00005153 1834-02-22 1921-01-22 Categories: People

Casey County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Valentine Peyton and Polly Portman Peyton. Second lieutenant and first lieutenant in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) from November 1, 1861, to December 31, 1864.

Relationships Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.)

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Casey County, Rolling Fork Precinct, p. 14. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 6-7. Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7017463 Casey County Deaths, File #11827. Stephen G. Averitt (1st ky cavalry regiment) N00005798 Categories: People

Kentucky soldier. First sergeant and second lieutenant in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) from July 27, 1861, to December 31, 1864.

Relationships Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 6-7. James L. Pankey (1st ky cavalry regiment) N00005163 Categories: People

Kentucky soldier. Enlisted and served as a first sergeant, second lieutenant, and captain in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) on October 20, 1861.

Relationships Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Silas Adams (Union Lt. Col, kentucky attorney.)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 32-33. Buford Scott (First Kentucky Cavalry Regiment) N00005752 1835? Categories: People

Washington County, Kentucky, day laborer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Redmon Scott and Charlotte Scott. Day laborer in Washington County in 1860. Private and first lieutenant in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) from October 28, 1861, to February 5, 1864.

Relationships Military: 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Henry Curtis, Jr. (Assistant Adjutant General under General J.G. Foster. ) Military: John Gray Foster (Nashua, New Hampshire, major general (U.S.A.))

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, District 1, p. 36. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 32-33. 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00005136 1861-10-28 1865-09-20 Categories: Organizations

Organized at Liberty, Kentucky; Burkesville, Kentucky; and Monticello, Kentucky. Mustered into service on October 28, 1861. And mustered out of service on September 20, 1865. Commander(s): Colonel Frank Wolford, Colonel Silas Adams, Lieutenant Colonel John W. Letcher, and Lieutenant Colonel Francis N. Helveti.

Relationships Military: Boston Dillion (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: Francis B. Alexander (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: William A. Coffey (Major in 1st Ky Cavalry) Military: Daniel A. Kelley (1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.) Military: William D. Carpenter (1st Ky Cavalry regiment) Military: William C. Root (First Kentucky Cavalry Regiment.) Military: Alexander C. Smith (Pvt-1st lieut - 1st ky cavalry regiment) Military: John R. Foster (Washington County soldier, murdered by guerillas) Military: Samuel Green (Washington County soldier) Military: Archibald J. Alexander (Louisville, Kentucky, lumber merchant and soldier.)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 2. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, vol. 1 (Des Moines: The Dyer Publishing Company, 1908), 1189-90. Note English Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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1st Lieut Samuel Beldan com Captain Compy. B. April 7th April 1864 vice Geo. W. Drye promoted. 1. 2. 3. 4 5

2nd Lieut Vincent Peyton com 1: Lieut Coy B. April 7. 1864- vice Samuel Beldon promoted. 1. 2. 3. 4 5

Orderly Sergt Stephen G. Averittcom 2nd Lieut Coy B. April 7. 1864 vice Vincent Peyton promoted. 1. 2. 3 4 5

2nd Lieut James S. Pankeycom 1: Lieut Coy. I. April 7. 1864 vice Buford. Scott resigned. 1. 2. 3. 4 5