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John R. Boyd (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and pvt 17th KY Cav USA)

b. 1805-04-19 d. 1890-03-20

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. South Carolina native. Married to Lorissa A. Jones Boyd in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on December 21, 1829. Father of John J. Crittenden Boyd, William H. Boyd, Elizabeth Boyd, Samuel J. Boyd, James W. Boyd, Mary A. Boyd, and Lorissa J. Boyd. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860. Employed Samuel Boyd and Bradley Cantrell as farm laborers in Caldwell County in 1860. Served in the 17th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from from April 9, 1865 to September 20, 1865.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 298A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Farmersville, p. 140.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Williams Mill, p. 538B.

"John R. Boyd (1805-1890)," Find A Grave, Memorial #21024324, accessed September 1, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21024324.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film #000851644, p. 26.

Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Caldwell County Wills, vol. C-D, 1889-1943, p. 4-5.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 417.

U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Application #489837, Certificate #464745.

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Boyd, John R.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210789 (November 12, 2026).

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