Buckner Board

Birth Date

c1816

Death Date

1866-08-13

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, druggist and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Marry Thorpe Board in Hardin County, Kentucky, on December 1, 1846. Father of Ann Board, J. L. Board, Mary Board, and Benjamin Board. Graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1834. Served in the 1st United States Artillery as a second and first lieutenant from July 1, 1834 to March 31, 1840. Merchant in Meade County, Kentucky, in 1850. Employed Thomas Board as a merchant clerk in Meade County in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Meade County in 1850. Druggist in Louisville in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Louisville in 1860. Served in the 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry (U.S.A.) as a colonel from September 27, 1861 to December 25, 1862. Resigned December 25, 1862.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Meade County, Kentucky District, p. 196A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Meade County, Kentucky District,.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville 6th Ward, p. 319.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville 6th Ward, p. 278B.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Hardin County Marriages, Film 000390788.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 46.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0014.
Francis Bernard Heitman Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, from its Organization, September 29, 1789 to March 2, 1903 Volume 1, Part 2 (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1903), 227.

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