Thomas J. Kerby

Birth Date

c1825

Death Date

1891

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Ohio County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Julia P. Kerby. Father of Sidney W. Kerby, Columbus W. Kerby, Nancy A. Kerby, Geraldine Kerby, Eugene G. Kerby. Farmer in Caney, Ohio County in 1860. Served in 17th Kentucky Infantry (U.S.A.) as captain from January 4, 1862, to March 12, 1862.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ohio, Caney, p. 152. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ohio, Sulphur Springs, p. 514. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 966. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 398.

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