Person

James Herd (Clay County, Kentucky, sheriff, private, and captain (C.S.A.))

b. 1830 d. 1899

Clay County, Kentucky, sheriff and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Elijah Herd and Elizabeth Herd. Married to Martha Wilson Herd in Clay County, Kentucky, on November 27, 1851. Father of Elizabeth Herd and Sarah Herd. Resident of Clay County, Kentucky, in 1850. Sheriff of Clay County in 1857. Sheriff of Clay County in 1860. Served in the Fifth Kentucky Mounted Infantry (C.S.A.) as private from 1862 to 1863. Served in the 13th Kentucky Cavalry (C.S.A.) as captain and recruiting officer from 1863 to 1865. Paroled on April 30, 1865.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, Kentucky, p. 123A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, p. 5.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Virginia, Washington County, Goodson, p. 122A.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1857, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: A.G. Hodges, Public Printer, 1857), 77.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1859, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1860), 69.

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0067.

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0109.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Clay County Marriages, Film 001904623.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky: Confederate Kentucky Volunteers War 1861-65, vol. 1 (Frankfort: Legislature of Kentucky, 1915), p. 212.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky: Confederate Kentucky Volunteers War 1861-65, vol. 2 (Frankfort: Legislature of Kentucky, 1915), p. 176-177.

"CPT James Herd (1830-1899)," Find A Grave, Memorial 178405675, accessed January 10, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178405675.

Citation

Herd, James. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32198261 (November 12, 2026).

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