Richard Board (Mercer County KY Circuit Court Clerk)
b. 1827? d. 1888-02-03
Mercer County, Kentucky, court clerk. Shelby County, Kentucky, native. Married to Caroline Virginia Thacker Board in Mercer County on August 23, 1859. Father of Richard Board, Jr., and William E. Board. Clerk of the Mercer Circuit Court in Mercer County from 1862 to 1866.
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- Male
- Race
- White
Bibliography
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, p. 591B
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll
#994049, Mercer County Marriages, p. 7-8.
Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862, Legislative Document Series, No. 24 (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 298-306.
Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863, Legislative Document Series, No. 10 (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-06.
Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 9-12.
Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 9-12.
Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1866, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-50.
Citation
Board, Richard. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211494 (November 12, 2026).
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