James Thomas Dalton

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1837-12-09

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1915-12-12

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"James Thomas Dalton" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00015585, (accessed November 4, 2025).

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Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Tennessee native. Son of Reuben B. Dalton and Lucinda Dalton. Married to Margaret Adeline Dalton. Father of Candace B. Dalton. Student in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Fredonia in 1860. Served in the 17th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private, corporal, and sergeant from April 10, 1865, to September 20, 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 299B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Fredonia, p. 176-77.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Fredonia, p. 438B.
Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Fredonia, p. 493A.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0138.
"James Thomas "J. T." Dalton (1837-1915)," Find A Grave, Memorial #32069880, accessed September 9, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32069880.

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