Pike County Kentucky
1890 Special Census
Surviving Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines and Widows
Enumerated June 1890


Submitted by Brian Hall.



1st Precinct (Pikeville)

  House   Soldier's Name        Rank, Company and Unit          Disability              

   15     David Sexton          Private, Co. G, 4th Penn.       finger lost             
                                Infantry                                                

    9     Achilles Williams     Private, Co. H, 39th Ky         left arm broken and     
                                Infantry                        afflication of back &   
                                                                hips                    

   47     George Syck           Private, Co. D, 39th Ky                                 
                                Infantry                                                

   49     Samuel Thompson       Private, Co. D, 39th Ky         3 ribs broke left side  
                                Infantry                                                

   50     William Billiter      Private, Co. D, 39th Ky         gunshot wound left arm  
                                Infantry                                                

   55     James McPeak          Private, Reg. U.S.              rheu., back, hips &     
                                                                legs                    

   60     Martin Thornsbury     Captatin, Co. D, 39th Ky                                
          (Nancy)               Infantry                                                

   64     William C. Justice    Private, Co. D, 39th Ky         disease of lungs        
                                Infantry                                                

   64     James Justice         Private, Co. D, 39th Ky         disease of lungs        
                                Infantry                                                

   67     Jonathan Chaney       Private, Co. I, 39th Ky         deserted Nov. 10, 1862  
                                Infantry                                                

   71     George Kindrick       Private, Co. G, 39th Ky                                 
                                Infantry                                                

   82     Henry C. Sowards      Private, Co. H, 39th Ky         bloody piles            
                                Infantry                                                

   82     Lewis Sowards         Captain, Co. E, 39th Ky         bloody piles & rupture  
                                Infantry                                                

   83     James Hailey          Private, Co. H, 39th Infantry   rheumatism              

   86     Millan Smith          Private, Co. C, 39th Ky         frostbit feet & legs    
                                Infantry                                                

   110    Mike Bray             Private, 5th U.S. Regulars                              

   123    John Johnson          Private, Co. E, 39th Ky                                 
                                Infantry                                                

   131    Soloman Johnson       Sgt, Co. C, 39th Ky Infantry    disease of left side    

   154    Johnsa W. Glover      Corporal, Co. I, 23rd Ky                                
                                Infantry                                                

   151    Joseph W. Ruttroff    Sgt, Co A, 7th WV Cavalry       rheumatism              

   161    Arlando C. Bowles     Lt., Co A, 40th Ohio Infantry                           

   140    William H. Sowards    Private, Co. E, 39th Ky         gunshot in foot         
                                Infantry                                                

   224    Harry Ford (Mary)     Captain, Co. K, 39th Ky                                 
                                Infantry                                                

   222    William M. Scott      Lt., Co. E, 39th Ky Infantry                            
          (Kentucky Ferrell)                                                            

   204    Isaac E. Gray         Captain, Co. D, 39th Ky                                 
                                Infantry                                                

   203    James M. York         Private, Co. E, 45th Ky         partial loss of         
                                Infantry                        eyesight                

   202    James P. Newkirk      Private, Co. A, 4th U.S. Vols.                          

   191    James M. Thornsbury   Lt., Co. H, 39th Ky Infantry                            
          (Mary J.)                                                                     

   192    William H. Sword      Sgt, Co. K, 39th Ky Infantry                            

   188    Lorenzo D. Yost       Private, Co. B, 39th Ky                                 
                                Infantry                                                

  244     Andrew C. Taylor      Private, Co. H, 14th Ky                                 
                                Infantry                                                

   250    Alex Damron           Private, Co. L, Sandy Valley                            
                                Batt.                                                   

   255    William Sword         Private, Co. K, 39th Ky                                 
                                Infantry                                                

   272    William Compton       Private, Co. B, 39th Ky                                 
                                Infantry                                                

   269    James Burk            Private, Co. K, 39th Ky                                 
                                Infantry                                                

   296    John Cross            Private, Co. G, 39th Ky                                 
                                Infantry                                                

   304    John H. Compton       Sgt, Co. B, 39th Ky Infantry                            

   277    John Dils             Colonel, 39th Ky Infantry                               

   307    Samuel Robinson       Private, Co. B, 39th Ky                                 
          (Hannah)              Infantry                                                

   317    George Wolford        Private, Co. D, 39th Ky                                 
                                Infantry                                                

   318    Edwin H. Brooks       Private, 11th Ny Battery                                

   75     Thomas J. Sowards     Private, Co. H, 14th Ky                                 
                                Infantry                                                

   75     Thomas J. Sowards     Captain, Co. C, 39th Ky                                 
                                Infantry                                                

2nd Precinct
  House   Soldier's Name        Rank, Company and Unit          Disability              

    4     Harvey Tackett        Private, Co. B, 39th Ky                              
                                Infantry                                             

   11     William Tackett       Private, Co. B, 39th Ky                              
                                Infantry                                             

  19/20   Moses Burk            Private, Co. B, 39th Ky                              
                                Infantry                                             

  39/42   William Hall          Private, Co. B, 39th Ky         lower intestines     
                                Infantry                        mashed               

  61/65   Stephen Burk          Private, Co. B, 39th Ky                              
                                Infantry                                             

  74/79   Jarvey Burk           Private, Co. B, 39th Ky                              
                                Infantry                                             

 95/100   Henry Kinney          Private, Co. B, 39th Ky         dyspeptic stomach    
                                Infantry                        and breast weak      

 110/115  Robert Newsome        Private, Co. K, 39th Ky         right elbow broke    
                                Infantry                                             

 119/124  Francis M. Little     Private, Co. B, 14th Ky         bloody piles         
                                Cavalry                                              

 121/176  Henry Nolt?           Private, Co. B, 5th TN Cavalry                       

 149/155  Leonard Hamilton      Private, Co. K, 39th Ky                              
                                Infantry                                             

 161/169  Benjamin Tackett      Private, Co. B, 39th Ky                              
                                Infantry                                             

 178/186  Flemon Hall           Private, Co. B, 39th Ky         rheu. & loss of      
                                Infantry                        sight                

 189/198  Andrew J. Adkins      Lt, Co. B, 39th Ky Infantry                          

 205/214  Rueben Ray            Private, Co. K, 39th Ky         breast disease       
                                Infantry                                             

 210/219  Samuel J. Keel        Lt, Co. K, 39th Ky Infantry     kidney & breast      
                                                                dis.                 

 218/227  George England        Private, Co. B, 39th Ky                              
          (Rachel)              Infantry                                             

 183/192  William Kinney        Private, Co. B, 39th Ky                              
                                Infantry                                             


Precinct 3
  House   Soldier's Name        Rank, Company and Unit          Disability              

   43     Alexander Childers       Private, Co. D&I, 39th Ky                         
          (widow- Elizabeth        Infantry                                          
          Johnson)                                                                   

   46     Andrew J. Ratliff        Corporal, Co. C, 39th Ky      mustered out        
                                   Infantry                                          

   52     James Gibson             Private, Co. F, 10th Ky       wounded in head     
                                   Cavalry                                           

   88     James Bartley            Private, Co. I, 45th Ky       mustered out        
                                   Infantry                                          

   102    Joel Ratliff             Private, Co. D, 39th Ky       mustered out        
                                   Infantry                                          

   115    Columbus Hopkins         Private, Co. C, 39th Ky       ulcers              
                                   Infantry                                          

   118    Henderson Eplling (Jane  Private, 14th Ky Infantry     divorced            
          Castle)                                                                    

   132    Miles Coleman            Private, Co. D, 39th Ky       muster out          
                                   Infantry                                          

   139    Harrison Ratliff         Private, Co. D, 39th Ky       lung disease        
                                   Infantry                                          

   83     Pleasant Childers        Private, Co. D, 39th Ky                           
                                   Infantry                                          


Lick Precinct 4
  House   Soldier's Name           Rank, Company and Unit        Disability          

   27     Isaac Adams              Private, Co. C, 14th Ky       rheumatism & eyes   
                                   Infantry                                          

  34/35   John Justice             Private, Co. D, 39th Ky       rheumatism          
                                   Infantry                                          

  42/43   Stephen H. Coleman       Private, Co. M, 1st Mich.     right leg, arm &    
                                   Light Arty                    hip shot through    

  63/65   Arnett Spears (Jane E.)  Private, Co. D, 39th Ky       disabled & lay in   
                                   Infantry                      hopital in Ashland  

  82/84   George S. Estep          Private, Co. H, 39th Ky                           
                                   Infantry                                          

 120/124  James H. Epling          Private, Co. D, 39th Ky                           
                                   Infantry                                          

 150/155  Levi Thornsbury          Private, Co. H, 14th Ky       dropsy & fever      
                                   Infantry                                          

 160/166  George W. Dotson         Private, Co. H, 39th Ky                           
                                   Infantry                                          

 173/179  Jessie Jones             Private, Co. H, 39th Ky       gunshot, right      
                                   Infantry                      knee                

 200/218  John Ratliff             Private, Co. D, 39th Ky                           
                                   Infantry                                          

 225/236  James Ford alias James   Private, 39th Ky Infantry                         
          M. Thornsbury                                                              

229/250   David Anderson (Millie   Private, Co. E, 39th Ky       drowned off a boat  
          A.)                      Infantry                                          

 253/276  James F. Anderson        Private, Co. C, 39th Ky       eyes affected       
                                   Infantry                                          

Lower Johns Creek Precinct
  House   Soldier's Name           Rank, Company and Unit        Disability          

  23/33   William Preece           Private, Co. C, 39th Ky                           
                                   Infantry                                          

   41     Tandy Stratton           Private, Co. C, 39th Ky                           
                                   Infantry                                          

   37     Joseph Johnson           Private, Co. C, 39th Ky                           
                                   Infantry                                          

    5     Henderson Scott          Private, Co. E, 39th Ky                           
                                   Infantry                                          

    1     Alfred Runyon            Private, Co. E, 39th Ky                           
                                   Infantry                                          

    8     Calvery Runyon           Private, Co. E, 39th Ky                           
                                   Infantry                                          

   14     Thomas Collinsworth      Private, Co. E, 5th U.S.                          
                                   Vols.                                             

   71     Mitchell Nunnery         Corporal, Co. D, 39th Ky                          
                                   Infantry                                          

   73     Thomas Nunnery           Private, Co. D, 39th Ky                           
                                   Infantry                                          

   74     Wilburn Blackburn        Private, Co. D, 39th Ky                           
                                   Infantry                                          

   110    Allen Farley             Private, Co. C, 39th Ky                           
                                   Infantry                                          


Pond Creek Precinct
  House   Soldier's Name           Rank, Company and Unit        Disability          

   45     Harvey May               Private, Co. E, 39th Ky                           
                                   Infantry                                          

   116    William I. Brown         Private, Co. F, 39th Ky       heart disease       
                                   Infantry                                          

   117    Laurel May               Private, Co. E, 39th Ky       serious results     
                                   Infantry                      from fever and      
                                                                 exposure            

   226    Uriah Runyon (Sally      Private, Co. I, 39th Ky       shot by enemy in    
          McCoy-widow)             Infantry                      head, killed        
                                                                 instantly           

   244    George W. Lowe           Private, Co. E, 39th Ky                           
                                   Infantry                                          

   255    Barnabas Blackburn       Private, Co. E, 39th Ky                           
                                   Infantry                                          

   286    Naploeon B. Slater       Private, Co. I, 39th Ky                           
                                   Infantry                                          

   284    James Maynard            Private, Co. K, 39th Ky       results from        
                                   Infantry                      exposure            

   298    John B. Maynard          Comm. Officer, LCO, 1st Ky                        
                                   Infantry                                          

    1     Thomas W. Runyons        Corporal, Co. E, 39th Ky                          
                                   Inf.                                              


Peter Creek Precinct
  House   Soldier's Name           Rank, Company and Unit        Disability          

   13     Andy J. Stump            Private, Co. H, 39th Ky                           
          (Elizabeth)              Infantry                                          

  26/27   Isaac Smith (Mary A.)    Private, Co. H, 39th Ky                           
                                   Infantry                                          

  27/28   John B. Hurley (Martha   Private, Co. I, 39th Ky                           
          Smith)                   Infantry                                          

  28/29   Jordon Dotson (Rodey     Private, Co. H, 39th Ky                           
          E.)                      Infantry                                          

  30/31   David Coleman (Mary)     Private, Co. H, 39th Ky                           
                                   Infantry                                          

  36/37   H.S. Carter (Rachel)     Private, Co. H, 39th Ky                           
                                   Infantry                                          

  38/39   John Dotson              Private, Co. H, 39th Ky                           
          (widow-Sarah)            Infantry                                          

  54/56   Asberry Mounts           Private, Co. H, 39th Ky                           
          (widow-Margaret)         Infantry                                          

  55/57   William E. Estep (Mary)  Private, Co. H, 39th Ky                           
                                   Infantry                                          

  55/58   Frederick Wolford        Private, Co. I, 39th Ky                           
                                   Infantry                                          

  56/59   Samuel Hurley            Private, Co. H, 39th Ky                           
                                   Infantry                                          

  73/76   H.M. Daugherty           Surgeon, Co. H, 39th Ky                           
                                   Infantry                                          

  84/87   James McCoy (crossed     Private, Co. D, 36th Va       Confed. - wounded   
          out)                     Infantry                                          

  87/90   A.C.H. McCoy (Patey)     Private, Co. F, 45th Ky       frost bit           
                                   Infantry                                          

  89/92   John McCoy (Jennie)      Private, Co. H, 39th Ky       fever               
                                   Infantry                                          

  91/94   Peter Johnson (Susie)    Private, Co. D, 39th Ky       fever & ague        
                                   Infantry                                          

  94/97   Henry Daniels (E'beth)   Private, Co. H, 39th Ky                           
                                   Infantry                                          

  95/98   John Tilley (Buthey)     Private, Co. H, 39th Ky       hip & back          
                                   Infantry                                          

  96/99   William Norman           Private, Co. H, 39th Ky       fever & mumps       
                                   Infantry                                          

 99/100   William Dandels          Private, Co. H, 39th Ky       eye sight           
                                   Infantry                                          

 106/109  Andy New (Betsey)        Private, Co. H, 39th Ky                           
                                   Infantry                                          

 109/112  Peter Mounts             Private, Co. H, 39th Ky                           
                                   Infantry                                          

 110/113  Thomas Christman         Private, Co. I, 39th Ky       breast              
                                   Infantry                      complaints/piles    

 119/121  David Mounts (Nancy)     Private, Co. I, 39th Ky                           
                                   Infantry                                          

 153/156  J.G. Samson (Sally)      Corporal, Co. B, 45th Ky                          
                                   Inf.                                              

 154/157  Lewis Phillips (Polly)   Private, Co. D, 45th Ky                           
                                   Infantry                                          

 193/197  Ulysses McCoy (Nancy)    Private, Co. H, 39th Ky       fever fell in leg,  
                                   Infantry                      in a bad condition  

 206/210  J.R. McCoy (Lettie)      Private, Co. H, 39th Ky       fever fell in leg   
                                   Infantry                      & deafness          

 208/212  Daniel Prater (Polly)    Private, Co. H, 39th Ky       rheumatism &        
                                   Infantry                      breast complaints   

 225/229  Samuel Marsh             Private, Co. G, 16th Ill.     typhoid fever       
                                   Infantry                                          

 234/238  John S. Dotson (Roxie)   Private, Co. H, 39th Ky                           
                                   Infantry                                          

 249/254  Daniel J. Daugherty      Corporal, Co. D, 39th Ky                          
          (Elizabeth)              Inf.                                              

 255/261  John Layne (Betsey)      Private, Co. H, 39th Ky       fever & flu         
                                   Infantry                                          

 257/263  D. Dotson (Lisa)         Private, Co. H, 39th Ky                           
                                   Infantry                                          

 261/268  Moses coleman (Lettie)   Private, Co. D, 39th Ky                           
                                   Infantry                                          

 101/104  Preston Roberts          Private, Co. C, 39th Ky                           
                                   Infantry                                          


Precinct No. 8
  House   Soldier's Name           Rank, Company and Unit        Disability          

    1     Lewis Deskins            Sergeant, Co. I, 39th Ky                          
                                   Infantry                                          

   10     John Phillips            Private, Co. M, 14th Ky                           
                                   Infantry                                          

  17/19   Henry Williams           Sergeant, Co. M, 39th Ky                          
                                   Inf.                                              

  18/20   Harrison Fields          Private, Co. D, 39th Ky                           
                                   Infantry                                          

  37/39   Martin Holoway           Private,  61st Ky Infantry    Confederate         

  45/47   David Charles            Private, Co. E, 39th Ky                           
                                   Infantry                                          

  49/52   Martin Goff              Private, Co. E, 39th Ky                           
                                   Infantry                                          

  62/65   Alex Justice             Private, Co. D, 39th Ky                           
                                   Infantry                                          

  59/61   David Kindrick           Private, Co. C, 10th Ky       Confederate         
                                   Infantry                                          

  76/79   Riley Coleman            Corporal, Co. E, 39th Ky                          
                                   Inf.                                              

  75/78   William Slone (Polley)   Private, Co. C, 10th Ky                           
                                   Infantry                                          

  78/81   Henry Stratton           Private, Co. C, 39th Ky       frost bitten,       
                                   Infantry                      rheu.               

  86/89   Decauter Maynard         Corporal, Co. C, 39th Ky      ?? rt. elbow        
                                   Inf.                                              

  90/93   Matison Maloy            Private, Co. C, 39th Ky                           
                                   Infantry                                          

 97/100   William Reynolds         Private                       Conf. chills &      
                                                                 fever               

 99/102   John Layne               Private, Co. C, 39th Ky       shot in leg, fever  
                                   Infantry                                          

 101/104  Jacob Miller             Sgt, Co. B, 39th Ky Infantry  fever, rheu.        

 102/105  William Reynolds         Private, Co. B, 51st Va       Conf.               
                                   Infantry                                          

 109/112  Albert Thompson          Private, Co. D, 39th Ky       ruptured & piles    
                                   Infantry                                          

 111/114  John Charles             Private, Co. E, 39th Ky       deafness            
                                   Infantry                                          

 116/119  Thomas Charles, Sr.      Private, Co. E, 39th Ky       ruptured            
                                   Infantry                                          

 130/133  William A. Vipperman     Private, 37th Va Infantry     rel. of measles     

 140/143  John W. Bevins           Private, Co. B, 39th Ky                           
                                   Infantry                                          

 150/157  Jacob Mesa               Private, Co. C, 37th Va                           
                                   Infantry                                          

 160/167  James M. Lawson          Captain, 39th Ky Infantry     fever               

 166/169  Cornelius Johnson        Sgt., Co. C, 39th Ky          ruptured            
          (Victoria M.)            Infantry                                          

 171/179  Peyton Blackburn         Private, Co. E, 39th Ky                           
                                   Infantry                                          

 202/205  Robert E. Smith          Private, Co. E, 39th Ky                           
                                   Infantry                                          

 204/207  Richard Stratton         Private, Co. C, 39th Ky                           
          (Susannah-widow)         Infantry                                          

 207/210  Isaac Elswick            Private, Co. D, 39th Ky       death               
          (Sarah-widow)            Infantry                                          

 209/212  Anderson Long            Private, 39th Ky Infantry     maimed in leg       

 219/222  Daniel Harrison          Private, 39th Ky Infantry                         

          Robert Elswick           Private, 51st Ky Infantry     Conf. shot in leg   

 229/232  Jerry M. Smith           Private, Co. C, 39th Ky       typhoid fever       
                                   Infantry                                          

   267    James Taylor             Private, Co. D, 10th Ky       Conf. tips of       
                                   Infantry                      fingers shot off    
                                                                 both hands          

 264/270  Thomas R. John           Private, Co. E, 63rd Va       Confederate         
                                   Infantry                                          

 267/272  David M. Price           Private, Co. D, 48th Va       Confederate         
                                   Infantry                                          

 273/279  William B. Pinson        Private, Co. E, 39th Ky       small pox           
                                   Infantry                                          

 281/286  James M. Chaffins        Private, Co. I, 45th Ky                           
                                   Infantry                                          

 283/293  Pinson Clevenger         Private, Co. G, 39th Ky       measles             
                                   Infantry                                          

  83/86   Squire Ratliff           Private, Co. C, 39th Ky                           
                                   Infantry                                          

 290/295  George W. Blackburn      Private, Co. E, 39th Ky       lightning struck    
                                   Infantry                                          

 295/296  Henry W. Eller           Private, Co. A, 28th NC       Confederate         
                                   Infantry                                          

 303/309  Alex W. Stratton         Private, Co. C, 39th Ky       injury to breat     
                                   Infantry                                          

  49/51   Jackson Clark (Malinda)  Private, Co. D, 39th Ky       typhoid fever       
                                   Infantry                                          

  13/15   Harvey Stratton          Private, Co. C, 39th Ky       piles               
                                   Infantry                                          

  12/13   Daniel W. Syck           Private, Co. C, 39th Ky       ruptured            
                                   Infantry                                 &n