Joseph Kinder FEREBEE^[1]

1839 - 1865  (26 years)

• Name	Joseph Kinder FEREBEE
  Birth	12 Jan 1839	Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, VA   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  CWSV	1862-1865
  	Joseph enlisted as a private on March 26, 1862 at Portsmouth, VA for a three year period. He joined Capt. Owens Co G, 9th Virginia Infantry. On July 3, 1863, he was taken prisoner by the Yankee forces during Picket's Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg. On July 6th he appeared on the POW record of Fort McHenry, MD under the confinement of Gen. Schenck. According to the record he was sent to Fort Delaware, DE that same month. Joseph remained a POW at Fort Delaware until the end of the War. His name and description (Complexion: ruddy: Hair: light; Eyes: Blue; Height: 5'7") appear on an Oath of Allegiance to the United States sworn to at Fort Delaware on April 20, 1865.
  Death	6 Sep 1865	Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, VA   [4]
  	Joseph died on 6 September 1865. He was 26 years old at the time of his death. His early death was likely the result of typhoid fever contracted while a prisoner of war at Fort Delaware prison.
  Burial	6 Sep 1865  [4]
  	He was buried the same day.
  Person ID	I122	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Matthew Godwin FEREBEE,   b. c.1808, Norfolk Co, VA d. Dec 1859
  Mother	Caroline Virginia CHERRY   d. Before Nov 1850
  Notes	Matthew and Caroline were first cousins. Each was a grandchild of Benjamin Kinder and his wife Eunice Ferebee.
  Family ID	F2266	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Hester CRAGIN,   b. 29 Apr 1842, Norfolk Co, VA d. 19 Feb 1928, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	20 Feb 1861	Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, VA   [3]
  	The couple was married at Deep Creek, Virginia by the Rev. Thomas Hume, Baptist minister, on 20 February 1861. The minister's return noted that the bride and the groom were both residents of Norfolk County, and that Joseph made his living as a farmer.
  Children	1. Leonora Caroline FEREBEE,   b. 13 Mar 1862, Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, VA d. 21 Feb 1947, Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, VA (Age 84 years)   2. Joseph Hill FEREBEE,   b. 1 Feb 1866, Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, VA d. 27 Oct 1941, Churchland, Norfolk Co, VA (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F108	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S238] Matthew G. Ferebee will (1859), Norfolk County, VA. [S2905] Weiss, "Leonora Caroline Ferebee Weiss family data". [S3830] Joseph K. Ferebee - Mary H. Cragin, Norfolk Co, VA minister's return no. 7172 (1861). [S236] Weiss, "Carl Herman Weiss - Leonora Caroline Ferebee family data".