John Wils Boyd

Birth Date

c1836

Death Date

1902-05-01

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Christian County, Kentucky, farmer and butcher. Kentucky native. Son of John W. Boyd and Mary Boyd. Married to Frances E. Wooten Boyd in Christian County, Kentucky, on November 25, 1855. Married to to Virginia Bowles Boyd in Christian County on June 1, 1857. Father of James Boyd and Edward Boyd. Student in Christian County in 1850. Farmer and butcher in Christian County in 1860. Owned six enslaved persons in Christian County in 1860. Farmer in Christian County in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 1, p. 497A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, p. 508.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, p. 255A.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 397B.
Consolidated List of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Christian County, KY, August 1863, p. 5.
"Grim Reaper Adds Another to Large List of Recent Victims," Hopkinsville Kentuckian (Hopkinsville, KY), May 6, 1902, p. 8.
Kentucky Marriage Records (1783-1965), Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, KY, Christian County Marriages, p. 274.
Kentucky Marriage Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994032, Christian County Marriages.

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