Company D, 5th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, Confederate States Army

As Researched by Stephen D. Bowling

Son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Evans) Plummer

Born about 1834 in Estill County, Kentucky

1840 Estill County, Kentucky Federal Census

	Male		40-50	Samuel Plummer
	Female		40-50	Elizabeth Plummer
	Male		15-20
	Female		10-15
	Male		10-15	John Plummer
	Male		10-15	Jeremiah Plummer
	Male		5-10	Isaac Plummer
	Female		0-5	Sally Plummer
	Female		0-5	Nancy Plummer

1850 Breathitt County, Kentucky Federal Census
District 1, page 5, July 27, 1850, Line 31
Dwelling Number 42, Family Number 42
Elizabeth Plummer		42
	John Plummer		21
        Jeremiah Plummer	18
	Isaac Plummer		16
        Sally Plummer		15
	Nancy Plummer		13
	Elizabeth Plummer	7

1860 Breathitt County, Kentucky Federal Census
District 1, June 23, 1860, page 41, Line 25
Post Office: Jackson
Dwelling Number 276, Family Number 276
Elizabeth Plummer		58
	Jeremiah Plummer	28
	Isaac Plummer		25
	Elizabeth Plummer	17

Military Service
Company D, 5th Kentucky Mounted Infantry, Confederate States Army
Enrolled: 1862, September at Jackson in Breathitt County, Kentucky by 
Acting Colonel William Mynhier for three years
Mustered In: 1862, October 9
Absent With Leave: 1862, November 17 at Camp Nash in Scott County, Virginia
Absent With Leave: 1862, October 9 to December 31
Absent With Leave: 1263, January and February.  Remarks: “Left in Kentucky October 1862 had failed to rejoin his company.”
Present For Duty: 1863, March and April.  Remarks: “Bounty due, pay due from 20 September 1862 to 30 April 1863.”
Last Paid: 1863, April 30 by Captain William Wells
Present For Duty: 1863, May and June.  
     Remarks: “Bounty due.”
Last Paid: $50 in Bounty on 1863, August 8 by Captain William Wells 
Deserted: 1863, August 9 at Camp Hansonville in Russell County, Virginia
Highest Rank: Private

Military Service
Company K, 13th Kentucky Cavalry, Confederate States Army
Enlisted: 1863, August in Virginia by James Hurd for three years. 
Present for Duty: 18563, December 31
Highest Rank: 3rd Corporal

Military Service
Kash's Company, 13th Kentucky Cavalry, Confederate States Army
Enlisted: 1864
Indicted for two murders in 1865 as a member of Kash's Company
Highest Rank: Private 

Married to Sarah Means on April 9, 1867, in Montgomery County, Kentucky.  Daughter of James and Elizabeth (Anderson) Means of Montgomery County, Kentucky.

1870 Johnson County, Missouri Federal Census
Washington Township, page 1, July 25, 1870, Line 21
Post Office: Washington Township
Dwelling Number 25, Family Number 25
Isaac Plumber		     34
Sarah Plumber		     25
	James Plumber	     1

Death of Wife: Sarah (Means) Plummer died July 31, 1875, in Pettis County, Missouri. She is buried in the Blackwater Chapel Cemetery at Blackwater in Pettis County, Missouri

1880 Pettis County, Missouri Federal Census
Blackwater Township, Page 7, Line 50
Dwelling Number 61, Family Number 61
Joseph Fisher		     63
Verginia Fisher		     34
	Pirdie Fisher	     9
	Ellen D. Fisher	     7
	Lena A. Fisher	     1
	Isac Plumer	     40  Widowed  Born in Kentucky

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