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John Hobson Grider (Warren County, Kentucky, constable and soldier)

b. 1822-01-17 d. 1884-05-22

Warren County, Kentucky, constable and soldier. Kentucky native. Constable of Warren County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Warren County in 1860. Served in in the 9th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as adjutant, major, and lieutenant colonel from November 1861 to May 1863. Served in the 52nd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as lieutenant colonel and colonel from November 1863 to January 1865.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 1, p. 851.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 1, p. 439A.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0230.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0452.

"Col. Grider Dead at Bowling Green," Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), May 23, 1884, p. 2.

"Col. John Hopkins Grider (1822-1884),"Memorial #99954586, Find A Grave, accessed January 16, 2018, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99954586.

Citation

Grider, John Hobson. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211051 (November 12, 2026).

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