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Robert S. Curd (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Cav)

b. 1820? d. 1864-08-17

Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Rebecca Maccoun Curd in Woodford County, Kentucky, on June 24, 1840. Father of Leonard Curd, Alexander Curd, Zachariah Taylor Curd, Elizabeth Curd, Robert Curd, and David Curd. Farmer in Mercer County in 1850. Owned seven enslaved persons in Mercer County in 1850. Farmer in Mercer County in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Jessamine County in 1860. Served as a captain in the 11th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) from September 22, 1862 to November 14, 1863. Captured at the Battle of Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee, on November 14, 1863. Died at Andersonville Prison in Macon County, Georgia, on August 17, 1864.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 1, p. 243A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 1.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, p. 727.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jessamine County, p. 303B.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 106.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994058, Woodford County Births.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Woodford County Marriages, Film 000252332.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 290.

Citation

Curd, Robert S.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213234 (November 12, 2026).

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