Person

Lewis Sowder (Rockcastle County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1829?

Rockcastle County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of M. Sowder and Philly Sowder. Married Ellen Thompson Sowder in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, on March 7th, 1856. Father of Joseph Sowder. Farmer in Rockcastle County in 1850. Farmer in Rockcastle County in 1860. Farmer in Rockcastle County in 1863.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, Southern District, p. 181B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, p. 495.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, District 6, p. 92A.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Rockcastle County, KY, June 1863, p. 339.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994053, Rockcastle County Marriages, p. 6.

Citation

Sowder, Lewis. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32280231 (November 12, 2026).

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