Hugh enlisted in the Union Army serving in the 18th Kentucky Regiment Company D. He was disabled through wound or possibly permanent disease in late 1863 or early 1864 when he receives his pension on 08 Feb 1864.
Marriage
Hugh Courtney, Male
Event 12 Jul 1855, Pendleton County, Kentucky
Spouse Elizabeth Porter, Female
Civil War
Kentucky Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers
Hugh Courtney, Age 24
Event Type Military Service, Eighteenth Kentucky Infantry, Company C
Event Year 1862
United States Civil War Pension Index
Hugh Courtney
Military Company D, Military Regiment 18
State Kentucky, Infantry
Event 8 Feb 1864
Sources
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M653-P34 : accessed 21 November 2015 Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Ed L Pike-2301), Grant county, Grant, Kentucky, United States; citing family 894,Affiliate Film 201, Line 18, GS Film 442969, Digital Folder 4192491, Image 303, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). Pike-2301 20:35, 20 November 2015 (EST)
"Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ9-9LZM : accessed 21 November 2015), Hugh Courtney and Elizabeth Porter, 1855. Pike-2301 22:11, 20 November 2015 (EST)
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M653-P34 : accessed 21 November 2015 Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Ed L Pike-2301), Grant county, Grant, Kentucky, United States; citing family 894,Affiliate Film 201, Line 18, GS Film 442969, Digital Folder 4192491, Image 303, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). Pike-2301 20:35, 20 November 2015 (EST)
"Kentucky Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865," database,
FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8NT-S53 : accessed 21 November 2015), Hugh Courtney, 1862; from "Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky," Fold3.com; citing military unit Eighteenth Infantry, C, NARA microfilm publication M397, roll 310, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C. Pike-2301 22:11, 20 November 2015 (EST)
"United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917," database,
Affiliate Name National Archives and Records Administration
FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NHJH-5JM : accessed 21 November 2015), Hugh Courtney, 08 Feb 1864; from "Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); company D, regiment 18, Kentucky, NARA microfilm publication T289. Pike-2301 22:11, 20 November 2015 (EST)
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Hugh by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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