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Joseph F. Herd (Owsley County, Kentucky, farmer; pvt, corp, 2nd lieut, capt 7th & 47th KY Inf USA)

b. 1840-10-22 d. 1911-02-18

Owsley County, Kentucky soldier. Kentucky native. Son of William Herd and Rebecca Hudson Herd. Served in the 7th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as private and fourth corporal from September 22, 1861, to October 10, 1863. Served in to the 47th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as second lieutenant and captain from January 7, 1864, to December 26, 1864.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owsley County, Travellers Rest, p. 342A.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 468, 470.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0213.

Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911), KDLA, Roll #7016131, Owsley County Deaths, p. 1393.

Find A Grave, "Joseph Franklin Herd (1840-1911)," Memorial #102650292, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102650292 (accessed August 6, 2020).

Citation

Herd, Joseph F.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202621 (November 12, 2026).

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