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John Strother Boyd (Harrison County, Kentucky, attorney)

b. 1824-07-05 d. 1888-08-05

Harrison County, Kentucky, attorney. Son of Joseph Boyd and Alice Withers Boyd. Married to Clementina Boyd. Attended Center College in Boyle County, Kentucky. Graduated from Transylvania University's school of law in Lexington in 1844. Attorney in Harrison County in 1850. Owned seven enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1850. Clerk of the Harrison County Circuit Court in from 1856 to 1862. Owned nine enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1860.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 1, p. 59A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 1, p. 336.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, Cynthiana, p. 584.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, Cynthiana, p. 123A.

"Judge Boyd Dead," Harrison County Courier, (Cynthiana, Kentucky) August 11, 1888, p. 3.

Citation

Boyd, John Strother. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197146 (November 12, 2026).

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