Three Forks Battalion, Co. D

Biographical Information

Name: Combs, Enoch
Born: 30 Mar 1839, Perry Co, KY
Death: 21 Feb 1919, Garrard, Clay Co, KY
Parents: Mason Combs & Matilda Watts
Wife: Nancy Stacy
Census: 1850 Breathitt Co. KY
Census: 1860 Perry Co. & Letcher Co. KY [both]
Pension: None
Buried: Garrard, Clay. Co. KY
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Notes: Enoch also served (1864-65 for six months) in the Three Forks Battalion, Co. D under Capt. Shadrack Combs, and First Lieut. Shadrack STACY. (Source: Report Of The Adjutant General Of The State Of Kentucky, v.II, p. 784-5). Enoch Combs is not found in the 1890 Special Census of Civil War Veterans, nor did he ever draw a pension for his service.
Previous Military Service: Enoch served as a private for one year during the Civil War in Co. L. of the 14th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry . He enrolled 15 Dec. 1862, mustered in at Irvine for 1 year on 13 Feb. 1863 and mustered out at Camp Nelson on 24 Mar. 1864. (Source: Report Of The Adjutant General Of The State Of Kentucky, v. I, p. 389).
Source: Combs &c. Research Project

Name: Cornett, James C.
Born: Feb. 24, 1841
Death: Feb. 26, 1918
Parents: James Cornett & Morning McKnight
Wife: Louisa Cornett, m. 1860
Census:
Pension:
Buried: Cornett Cemetery, Line Fork, Letcher Co., KY
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Previous Military Service:
Enlisted Co. A, 13th KY Cav, November 1, 1862 at Whitesburg
Deserted the 13th KY Cav. on January 10, 1863.
Note: This man received a Confederate marker despite deserting the CS service and subsequently joining a Union unit.

Name: Maggard, John A.
Born: Sept. 28, 1832, Perry Co. KY
Death:
Parents:
Wife: Matilda
Census:
Pension: Document ; Applied 1874 & 1907 [denied]
Buried:
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Notes:
Source: Terry Griffith







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