Burgess M. Preston

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c1817

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"Burgess M. Preston" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00007997, (accessed December 28, 2024).

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Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Preston. Father of Samuel W. Preston, Mar H. Preston, Winfield M. Preston, John H. C. Preston, Alice A. Preston, Clayton R. Preston, and Josephine Preston. Farmer in Johnson County in 1850. Farmer in Johnson County in 1860. Served in the 65th Regiment of Kentucky Militia (U.S.A.) as a colonel from May 21, 1864, to June 21, 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, p. 118B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, Paintsville, p. 82.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, Paintsville, p. 18.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 894.

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