Freeman F. Runyon. Jr.

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1836-12-28

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1862-05-05

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"Freeman F. Runyon. Jr." in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00009813, (accessed August 3, 2025).

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Madison County, Kentucky, medical student, farmer, and soldier. Madison County native. Son of Freeman F. Runyon and Amanda Farris Runyon. Resident of Todd County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned five enslaved persons in Todd County in 1850. Medical student in Madison County in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Madison County in 1860. Served in the 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as private from December 13, 1861, to May 5, 1862. Died by suicide at Shiloh, Tennessee, on May 5, 1862.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Todd County, District 1, p.232A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Todd County, District 1, p.10 of microfilm.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Division 1, p. 294.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Division 1, p. 12
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Madison County Marriages 1786-1877, Film #000183302, p. 204, p. 142 of 339 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com).
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 34 and 474.
Find A Grave, "Freeman F Runyon, Jr (1836-1862)," Memorial #20018997, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20018997 (accessed December 10, 2018).

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