John G. Newcomb

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1824-09-08

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1862-11-08

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"John G. Newcomb" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00017136, (accessed April 22, 2025).

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Taylor County, Kentucky, farmer, justice of the peace, and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah E. Odawalt Newcomb. Father of Sarah L. Newcomb. Farmer in Taylor County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Taylor County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Taylor County in 1862. Served in the 27th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) as private from March 21, 1862. Died of heart disease while in military service in Louisville Hospital on November 8, 1862.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Taylor County, District 1, p. 164B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Taylor County, p. 558.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0387.
"John Gary 'McGary' Newcomb" (1824-1862)," Find A Grave, Memorial #84363858, accessed January 20, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84363858.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994058, Taylor County Births.
Registers of Death of Volunteers, 1861-1865, NARA RG 94, Vol. 15 Kentucky L-Z, p. 49.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 248-49.

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