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Joseph Kirby (Nelson County, KY, stage driver. 11th)

b. 1821?

Nelson County, Kentucky, stage driver and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah Kirby. Father of V.C. Kirby and William S. Kirby. Stage driver in Nelson County in 1850. Served in the 11th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as private, quartermaster, and first lieutenant from December 9, 1861, to December 17, 1864.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 1, p. 277B.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 834.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 248.

Citation

Kirby, Joseph. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197913 (November 12, 2026).

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