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Andrew Jackson Herd (Owsley, Kentucky, farmer, 1st lt 7th KY Inf, capt & lt col 14th KY Cav(U.S.A.) )

b. 1831?

Owsley, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Herd. Father of Jesse Herd, Hampton Herd, Andrew Herd, and Rachel Herd. Farmer in Owsley County, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in the 7th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as first lieutenant from August 19, 1861, to July 24, 1862. Served in the 14th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as captain and lieutenant colonel from August 4, 1862, to March 24, 1864.

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White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owsley, p. 322.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owsley, Travellers Rest, p. 339A.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 213.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Madison County Marriages, Film #000183302.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 372, 380.

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Herd, Andrew Jackson. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213351 (November 12, 2026).

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