Carter County Military Page
Carter Countians have a long and distinguished history of service to their country. Unfortunately, its past is also peppered with feuds and family "wars."
Carter County Revolutionary War Records
- James Horsley, Pension Declaration Submitted by: David Tucker
- Low Brown, Pension Declaration Submitted by: John W. Grace
Carter County War of 1812 Records
- War of 1812 Pension, William Horsley (transcription) (submitted by David Tucker)
- War of 1812 Pension, James Horsley (transcription) (submitted by David Tucker)
- War of 1812 Pension, James & William Horsley (document images) (submitted by David Tucker)
Carter County Civil War Records and Essays
- Roster of the 22nd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (Union)
- 39th Kentucky Mounted Infantry (Union) (submitted by Brian Hall)
- 40th Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry (Union)
- Field's Company 22nd Kentucky Volunteers (Confederate)
- William A. Thompson, Service in the Civil War and with the Elliott County Regulators
- Carter County and the Regulators
- Crosby Messer Civil War Pension Application
- Morgan's Raiders
- Fighting In Carter County, Oct. 12, 1862
- "Neighbors' Affidavit" for Sanders Burris
- Civil War Discharge Book 1 (1883)
- Emanuel Todd Lucas Civil War Record
- Sherwood Tackett Pension Application
- Nelson Sparks Pension Application
Carter County Soldiers in The Great War
Soldier's Draft Cards
- Arms, Mose
- Barker, Elbert Martin
- Boggs, Regis Contributed by: Ralph Mohl
- Branham, Riley
- Church, Samuel
- Church, Samuel (2)
- Jackson, Neal
- James, Oscar Jefferson
- Leadingham, Thomas
- Leadingham, Thomas (2)
- Leadingham, Thomas (3)
- Leadingham, Thomas Hopkins
- Littleton, Oscar Fleming
- McCoy, George W.
- McCoy, George W. (2)
- McCoy, Harry
- McCoy, Harry (2)
- McCoy, Malcom
- McCoy, Malcom (2)
- Messer, Andy
- Messer, Charley
- Messer, Charley (2)
- Messer, Clarence
- Messer, Clarence (2)
- Messer, David Oscar
- Messer, Estel - Service Record
- Messer, Grover Cleveland
- Messer, Grover Cleveland (2)
- Messer, Harrison
- Messer, Harrison (2)
- Messer, Henry Harrison
- Messer, Hiram
- Messer, Hiram
- Messer, James Garfield
- Messer, James Garfield (2)
- Messer, James Milton
- Messer, John Milton
- Messer, John (born 1880)
- Messer, John (born 1882)
- Messer, John Edward (born 1882)
- Messer, Morton
- Messer, Morton (2)
- Messer, Morton - WWI Service Record
- Messer, Sullivan
- Messer, Thomas C.
- Messer, William and Ruth - Pension Depositions
- Messer, William Franklin
- Messer, William Franklin (2)
- Leadingham, William H.
- Leadingham, William H. (2)
- Parsons, William
- Patrick, Ed
- Patrick, Sam
- Rice, Elias Anderson
- Ross, Douglas
- Ross, Harlan
- Ross, Walker
- Ross, Wirt
- Salyers, Noah
Carter County Soldiers in World War II
- Name listing
- World War II Casualties
Draft Cards - Austin, William H.
- Burchett, William
- England, Lewis
- Evans, Andrew Jackson
- Gifford, James Robert
- Gollihue, Corbett
- Gollihue, Earnest
- Jackson, James William
- Messer, Hiram
- Messer, James G.
- Messer, John Milton
- Messer, Sullivan L.
- Messer, William Henderson
- Messer, William Preston
- Patrick, George Washington
- Riley, Samuel Patrick
- Ross, Othar Meredith
- Ross, Wirt
- Wooten, John
Contributed by: Randy Jackson
Carter County post-WW II - Soldier's Records
Feuds - Underwood-Holbrook War (off-site link)
- Underwood-Holbrook War - From the Detroit Free Press, November 25, 1879
- Rowan County Feud (with references to Carter County individuals)
- Underwood-Holbrook War - From the Oakland Tribune, July 25, 1926
Military-related linkss - Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
- The Civil War in SE Kentucky
- KY Civil War Rosters
- Underwood-Holbrook War
- 14th Kentucky
- 47th Kentucky Volunteers, Company F roster
- Blevins Civil War Page
- Civil War Photo Search
- Civil War Rosters
- Civil War Women
- NARA Civil War Records page
- VA Headstone Project
- DD214 & other military service records (per Freedom of Information Act)
- Kentucky Revolutionary War Grant database Contributed by: Sherry Lowe
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This page was last updated on -- Friday, 17-Oct-2008 07:07:45 MDT © John Grace/ Olive Hill, Ky.
