Henry O. Wilds

Birth Date

c1837

Death Date

1864-06-10

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Madison County, Kentucky, farm laborer and soldier. Kentucky native. Farm laborer in Madison County, Kentucky, in 1860. Household owned seven enslaved persons in 1860. Served in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from October 28, 1861 to June 10, 1864. Killed in battle in Cobb County, Georgia, on June 10, 1864.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, District 1, p. 359.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, District 1, p. 440A.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0013.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 20.
"Henry Owen Wilds (1837-1864)," Find A Grave, Memorial 9036858, accessed September 8, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9036858.

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