James M. Hampton

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c1839

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1862-07

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"James M. Hampton" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00016443, (accessed January 6, 2025).

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Hopkins County, Kentucky, carpenter and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of William P. Hampton and Nancy L. Hampton. Student in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Carpenter in Hopkins County in 1860. Served in the 17th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from January 1, 1862 to July 1862. Died of disease while in military service at Corinth, Mississippi, in July 1862.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 154B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 821.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 962-63.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0302.

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