Among my ancestors who reached adulthood during the Civil War, there were two who appeared on draft lists. Whether or not they served in the war remains a mystery. Considering both were in their 40s, service is doubtful,
Samuel Wilson George appeared on the October 1863 list of draft eligible men in Johnson County, Kentucky. He was 43, a farmer, born in Kentucky. His son Francis Marion would turn 18 by war's end.
Thomas Banfield appeared on the same list as a resident of Greenup County. He was listed as 40, a loafer*, born in Kentucky.
Eastern Kentucky tended to have Union sympathies, but either man could have had Confederate leanings as a Kentucky resident.
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