Person

John Wils Boyd (Christian County, Kentucky, farmer and butcher)

b. 1836? d. 1902-05-01

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.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

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.

Citation

Boyd, John Wils. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197927 (November 12, 2026).

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