William H. Sneed

Birth Date

1838-09-01

Death Date

1916-05-12

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Kentucky native. Attorney in Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky in 1860. Household owned seven enslaved persons in Frankfort in 1860. Elected Franklin County Attorney in 1860. Served in the 22nd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a second lieutenant from December 2, 1861 to April 13, 1862. Resigned due to medical disability on April 13, 1862. Attorney in Frankfort in 1863.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 259.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States(1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 491B.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0351.
Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Franklin County, KY, July 1863, p. 33.
L.F. Johnson_The History of Franklin County, Ky., (Frankfort, KY: Roberts Printing Co., 1912), 148-149.
"W. H. Sneed (1838-1916)," Find A Grave, Memorial 59867443, accessed July 8, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59867443.

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