Johnson County KyArchives Military Records.....Nelson, Joseph 
Civilwar 6th US Colored Calvary
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6th US Colored Calvary Death
6th US Colored Cavalry (1 death)

Joseph Nelson, Co. C, d. December 20, 1864, in hospital in Paintsville

Final analysis of the burials in the Old Town Cemetery

During the Civil War, a total of 40 US soldiers died in Paintsville, Kentucky. 
However, the US Quartermaster burial register document 23 Union graves, two of 
which were positively identified. The bodies of two men were taken home soon 
after their death and were probably never buried in the Old Town Cemetery. What 
remains are 36 casualties yet only 21 graves. Since the remaining 21 burials 
were marked as unknown, it begs the question who of the 36 men not identified in 
the register were still in the cemetery, had been taken home or were perhaps 
buried at an unknown location? It is possible, even though unlikely, that some 
burials in the cemetery were overlooked by the Quartermaster  Department or that 
they failed to locate other burial sites in or near Paintsville. Unless more 
documentation surfaces, these questions may never be answered.

Aside from the Old Town Cemetery, the US Quartermaster Department located three 
additional burial sites in Johnson County.

Compiled by MArlitta Perkins

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