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Joseph Elijah Terrell (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer & pvt 52d KY Inf USA)

b. 1836 d. 1929

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Caldwell County, Kentucky, native. Son of Elijah W. Terrell and Elizabeth Franks Terrell. Married to Mary Terrell. Father of L. W. L. Terrell, L. M. Terrell, and F. E. V. Terrell. Resident of Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer for J. W. Markham in Caldwell County in 1860. Household owned fourteen enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1860. Served in the 52nd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from October 1, 1863, to January 17, 1865.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 307A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Farmersville, p. 123.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Farmersville, p. 210A-B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Fredonia, p. 445A-B.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0454.

"Joseph Elijah Terrell (1836-1929)," Find A Grave, Memorial #127094646, accessed January 28, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127094646.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film #000851644.

Citation

Terrell, Joseph Elijah. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199525 (November 12, 2026).

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