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Franklin, James S. Bradley[1, 2, 3]

Male 1839 - 1865  (26 years)


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  • Name Franklin, James S. Bradley 
    Birth 18 Mar 1839  Scott, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Russell, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1860  Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4] 
    • The 1860 census of Letcher County, KY includes the following in household #588:
      James B. Franklin, 21, b. VA
      Didemy, 21
      Henry (sic) G., 6 months.
    Military Between 1862 and 1865  [5, 6, 7] 
    Private, 13th Kentucky Cavalry, Company D, C.S.A. 
    • The 13th Cavalry Regiment [also called 10th and 11th Regiment Mounted Infantry] was assembled at Abingdon, Virginia. It was assigned to the Department of East Tennessee and later the Department of Western Virginia and East Tennessee. The unit confronted the Federals in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia, and on April 27, 1865, surrendered at Louisa, Kentucky. The field officers were Colonel Benjamin E. Caudill, Lieutenant Colonel D.J. Caudill, and Major John T. Chenoweth. [From Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System Regimental Records]

      The Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, Vol. II, lists Brandley [sic] Franklin, private, enlisted 4 Oct 1862 at Whitesburg, KY. He was recorded on the rolls of Company D, 13th Regt. Cav., Kentucky Volunteers, CSA.

      Local Civil War researchers suggest that Bradley Franklin may have fought on the Union side, in the 47th Kentucky Infantry, in the latter part of the war. There is a service record for James B. Franklin in Company H; but the confirmation that this is the same person has not been made yet.
    EnlistMil 4 Oct 1862  Whitesburg, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9] 
    • He enlisted for a term of three years in Company F (Capt. E. A. Webb's Company) of the 13th Regimental Cavalry, Kentucky Volunteers, CSA. The company was later known as Company D, 13th Regt., Kentucky Cavalry.
    Death 8 Aug 1865  Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I34  Pioneers of the Appalachian Highlands
    Last Modified 1 Apr 2021 

    Father Franklin, Bird S. V.,   b. 29 Dec 1806, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jun 1890, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Stallard, Agnes,   b. 16 Sep 1813, Scott, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Oct 1877, Crafts Colly (Ermine), Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Marriage 15 Jan 1827  Scott, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F30  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hall, Didema,   b. 8 Jan 1839, Russell, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1915, Indian Creek, Wise, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 77 years)  [10] 
    Marriage 5 Jul 1856  Russell, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • No documentation for this marriage date has been located; it is merely a date provided by some distant family members. It is likely that they never legally married, thus resulting in other family stories that their children were "baseborn".
    Children 
    +1. Franklin, Elizabeth Catherine,   b. 2 Feb 1858, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Sep 1931 (Age 73 years)
    +2. Franklin, Harvey G.,   b. 28 Jan 1860, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Feb 1949, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
    Family ID F7  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Mar 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 18 Mar 1839 - Scott, Virginia, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1850 - Russell, Virginia, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 5 Jul 1856 - Russell, Virginia, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1860 - Letcher, Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEnlistMil - 4 Oct 1862 - Whitesburg, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 8 Aug 1865 - Letcher, Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S2205] James S B Franklin in household of Bird Franklin, "United States Census, 1850".

    2. [S2206] James B Franklin, "United States Census, 1860".

    3. [S37441] Bradley Franklin in entry for Harvey G. Franklin, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1962".

    4. [S853] FamSch1860 Census, /MM9.1.1/MZBG-1C4; 1 May 2013; James B Franklin, 1860.

    5. [S317] Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, Film #M377, Roll 5. (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S630] KY AdjGen Report (Civil War), p. 156.

    7. [S37442] Bradley Franklin, "Kentucky Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865".

    8. [S334] Report of KY Adj. General, Vol. II, p. 156.

    9. [S769] Civil War Soldiers - Confederate - KY, download; 15 September 2011; card abstract of original muster roll of 13 Cav., Ky., on 4 Oct 1862 (Reliability: 3).

    10. [S2195] Didemy Franklin in household of James B Franklin, "United States Census, 1860".