William M GILKISON[620] [621] [622] [623]

22 OCT 1827 - 28 FEB 1898

Personal Information:

  • DESCRIPTION: 6' 3" tall, with fair complexion, hazel eyes, and dark hair
  • OCCUPATION: Farmer / Farmhand [632] [633] [634]
  • PROPERTY: ABT 1860, personal estate valued at $180 [638]
  • BORN: 22 OCT 1827, Fleming Co., Kentucky [625] [626] [627] [628]
  • DIED: 28 FEB 1898, Lewis Co., Kentucky [630]
    • disease of the throat and lungs & heart complications
  • BURIED: 02 MAR 1898, East Fork Cemetery, Lewis Co., Kentucky [631]
  • MILIT-BEG: 09 AUG 1862
    • Private, Company G, 10th Kentucky Regiment, US Cavalry Volunteers (US Civil War, Union)
  • CENSUS: 06 JUN 1860, Green Township, Adams Co., Ohio [639]
  • PARENTAL NATIVITY: [641]
    • Father = Kentucky; Mother = Kentucky
  • CENSUS: 21 JUN 1880, Mowers Precinct, Lewis Co., Kentucky [642]

Individual Notes

  • Military Service (US Civil War, Union):09 Aug 1862 : Enlisted at Tollesboro, Lewis Co., KY (possibly Covington,KY); assigned as Private, Co G, 10th KY Regt, US Cav Vol09 Oct 1862 : Shot in the right hand while on picket duty nearCrittenden, Grant Co., KY11 Jan 1863 : Requested transport for arrested deserters in camp nearDanville, Robertson Co., KY08 Apr 1863 : Rec'd Honorable Discharge (disability discharge due togunshot wound from Oct 1862)On 31 Aug 1866, William filed an affidavit in Adams Co., OH, for thepurpose of being placed on the Invalid Pension Roll of United States (forwounds received in service during the US Civil War).On 22 Oct 1868, 18 Dec 1883, and 18 Aug 1885, he filed claims in LewisCo, KY, for an increase in his Invalid Pension payments; on the 1885claim his current pension was listed as $14.00 per month.1880 census entry indicates that both his parents were born in Kentucky.
  • Could read and write[636]

Family:

Wife: Sarah Anne REDNOUR

  • MARRIED: 21 AUG 1849, Aberdeen, Brown Co., Ohio [6075] [6076]
    • They were married by Thomas Shelton, esq.

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Source references

[620] Death certificates (Kentucky)

  • AUTHOR: Office of Vital Statistics, Commonwealth of Kentucky
  • REFERENCE: "William Gilkerson" was named as John F Gilkison's father on John's death certificate; GILKERSON, John/File No. 25531

[621] Death certificates (Kentucky)

  • AUTHOR: Office of Vital Statistics, Commonwealth of Kentucky
  • REFERENCE: "William Gilkinson" was named as Walter Grigson Gilkinson's father on Walter's death certificate; GILKINSON, Walter Grigson/File No. 14336

[622] Death certificates (Kentucky)

  • AUTHOR: Office of Vital Statistics, Commonwealth of Kentucky
  • REFERENCE: "William M Gilkison" was named as Charles Oliver Gilkison's father on Charles' death certificate; GILKISON, Charles Oliver/File No. 14828

[623] Death certificates (Ohio)

  • AUTHOR: Bureau of Vital Statistics, State of Ohio
  • REFERENCE: "William Gilkison" was named as Milton Evan Gilkison's father on Milton's death certificate; GILKISON, Milton Evans/File No. 28286

[632] U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Record Type: U.S. Federal Census

  • PUBLICATION: 1880
  • REFERENCE: Kentucky, Lewis, ED 56, Sheet 49, Line 32

[633] U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Record Type: U.S. Federal Census

  • PUBLICATION: 1860
  • REFERENCE: Ohio, Adams, Green Township, Page 5, Line 8

[634] Military pension file - Gilkison, William

  • AUTHOR: National Archives & Records Administration
  • REFERENCE: "... and by occupation when enlisted a Farmer."; Certificate of Disability for Discharge

[638] U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Record Type: U.S. Federal Census

  • PUBLICATION: 1860
  • REFERENCE: Ohio, Adams, Green Township, Page 5, Line 8

[625] Military pension file - Gilkison, William

  • AUTHOR: National Archives & Records Administration
  • REFERENCE: [Deduced] William's discharge certificate stated he was 35 years old at the time of his discharge on 8 Apr 1863. The pension claim states his age as 40 on 22 Oct 1868. This implies he has a birthday between Oct 27 and Apr 8

[626] Military pension file - Gilkison, William

  • AUTHOR: National Archives & Records Administration
  • REFERENCE: "... he was born in Fleming County in the State of Kentucky ..."; Certificate of Disability for Discharge

[627] U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Record Type: U.S. Federal Census

  • PUBLICATION: 1880
  • REFERENCE: [Derived] '52' was the enumerated age, and Kentucky the place of birth; Kentucky, Lewis, ED 56, Sheet 49, Line 32

[628] Death certificates (Kentucky)

  • AUTHOR: Office of Vital Statistics, Commonwealth of Kentucky
  • REFERENCE: "Kentucky" was named as William's birthplace on Walter Grigson Gilkinson's death certificate; GILKINSON, Walter Grigson/File No. 14336

[630] Military pension file - Gilkison, William

  • AUTHOR: National Archives & Records Administration
  • REFERENCE: Sarah A. Gilkison's "Widow's Declaration for Pension"

[631] Military pension file - Gilkison, William

  • AUTHOR: National Archives & Records Administration

[639] U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Record Type: U.S. Federal Census

  • PUBLICATION: 1860
  • REFERENCE: Ohio, Adams, Green Township, Page 5

[641] U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Record Type: U.S. Federal Census

  • PUBLICATION: 1880
  • REFERENCE: Kentucky, Lewis, ED 56, Sheet 49, Line 32

[642] U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Record Type: U.S. Federal Census

  • PUBLICATION: 1880
  • REFERENCE: Kentucky, Lewis, ED 56, Sheet 49

[636] U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Record Type: U.S. Federal Census

  • PUBLICATION: 1880
  • REFERENCE: Kentucky, Lewis, ED 56, Sheet 49, Line 32

[6075] Military pension file - Gilkison, William

  • AUTHOR: National Archives & Records Administration
  • REFERENCE: Sarah A. Gilkison's "Widow's Declaration for Pension"

[6076] Brown County, Ohio Marriage Records, 1818 - 1850, Call Number: R929.3771796 qD676

  • AUTHOR: Donaldson, Patricia R
  • PUBLICATION: P.R. Donaldson, PO Box 43, Georgetown, OH 45121, 1986

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