James W. Morgan

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c1827

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1862-04-14

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"James W. Morgan" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00020167, (accessed April 22, 2025).

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Green County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Jeanetta Noe Morgan in Green County, Kentucky, on November 19, 1848. Father of Jesse S. Morgan, William W. Morgan, and Malinda Morgan. Laborer in Green County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Green County in 1860. Served in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from December 31, 1861 to April 14, 1862. Died from wounds received at the Battle of Shiloh, Hardin County, Tennessee, on April 14, 1862.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, District 2, p. 141B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, District 1, p. 695.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, Lower Brush Creek Precinct, p. 493B.
Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of Civil War Veterans, ca. 1861 – ca. 1910, NARA RG 15, Application WC99746.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0266.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 863.
U.S. Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865NARA RG 94, Records of the Adjutant General's Office, p. 19.

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