John Lucas

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c1828

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"John Lucas" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00005728, (accessed November 3, 2025).

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Clay County, Kentucky, grocer and soldier. Clay County, Kentucky, native. Married to Maria Williams Lucas in Clay County, Kentucky, on October 10, 1854. Father of Delora Lucas, Harvey Lucas, Greene Lucas, and Elizabeth Lucas. Served in the 16th Kentucky Regiment (U.S.A.) from April 22, 1847, to August 5, 1848. Farmer in Clay County in 1850. Grocer in Clay County in 1860. Served in the Kentucky Volunteers as captain to April 23, 1863. Served in the 7th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry from April 23, 1863, to January 30, 1864, when he resigned.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, Kentucky District, p. 153A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, Manchester, p. 1. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, Precinct 1, p. 172A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Clay County Marriages, Film #001904623, p.3. U.S. Army Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914, “Mexican War Enlistments,” NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M233, p. 155-156. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 748-749. KYR-0002-222-0053.

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