John J. Crittenden Boyd

Birth Date

1832-06-28

Death Date

1894-04-19

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of John R. Boyd and Lorissa A. Jones Boyd. Married to Margaret J. Wilson Boyd in Crittenden County, Kentucky, on November 3, 1852. Father of Mary Boyd, Selina Boyd, John Boyd, and Joseph C. Boyd. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860. Employed Sarah Franks as a domestic servant in Caldwell County in 1860. Served in the 48th Illinois Volunteer Infantry (USA) as a corporal and musician from September 14, 1861, to January 2, 1862. Served in the 17th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a corporal from April 10, 1865, to September 20, 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 298A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Farmersville, p. 140.
Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Missouri, Polk County, Madison, District 112, p. 206D.
"Death of J. C. Boyd," The Jacksonian, (Cimarron, KS), April 27, 1894. p. 3.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994032, Crittenden County Marriages, p. 1.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois, vol. 3, 1861-1866 (Springfield, IL: H. W. Rokker, 1886), 469.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 417.
U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Application #680740, Certificate #532879.

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