Micajah "Cager" Ridgon

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c1844

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c1911

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"Micajah "Cager" Ridgon" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00018440, (accessed November 4, 2025).

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Washington County, Kentucky, soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Francis Rigdon and Rosannah Rigdon. Resident of Washington County in 1850. Resident of Washington County in 1860. Served in the 11th Kentucky Cavalry (U.S.A.) as a private and sergeant from September 22, 1862 to July 13, 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, p. 305.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Washington County, District 2, p. 34.
U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Application #675216, Certificate #517176.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0111.

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