Adam Reeder (Knox County, Kentucky, farmer and 1st lieut & captain 7th KY Inf USA)
b. 1812?
Knox County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Virginia native. Married to Mary Reeder. Father of Isaac W. Reeder, Reason R. Reeder, Lawson Reeder, John Reader, Rosana Reeder, Rathburn Reeder, Katharine Reeder, Preston Reeder, Mary Reeder, and Adam Reeder. Served in the 7th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as first lieutenant and captain from September 22, 1861, to September 30, 1864.
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- White
Bibliography
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Knox County, p. 330B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Knox County, Barbourville, p. 57.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 217.
U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Application #624013, Certificate #439948.
Citation
Reeder, Adam. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200318 (November 12, 2026).
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