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James A. Boyd (Christian County, Kentucky, cabinetmaker, farmer, and postmaster)

b. 1824?

Christian County, Kentucky, cabinetmaker, farmer, and postmaster. North Carolina native. Married to Susan H. Brodie Boyd. Father of Mary A. Boyd, Rebecca D. Boyd, J. A. Boyd, and Hattie L. Boyd. Cabinetmaker in Christian County, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Christian County in 1860. Farmer in Christian County in 1863. Postmaster in Christian County from April 24, 1865 to January 19, 1866.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, p. 778.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, p. 313B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 5, p. 424B.

Appointments of U.S. Postmasters, 1832-1971, Records of the Post Office Department, NARA RG 28, Christian County, KY, Casey-Graves, p. 41 of 646 of microfilm.

Consolidated List of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Christian County, KY, July and August 1863, p. 3.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #1494.

Citation

Boyd, James A.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213261 (November 12, 2026).

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