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John Parker Smith (Lyon Co. farmer)

b. 1836-03-18 d. 1911-03-02

Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Ransford Smith and Catharine Howard Smith. Married to Philadelphia Parker Smith. Farmer and student in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned six enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Lyon County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Lyon County in 1860.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 372B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 795.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, p. 731.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, p. 414B.

Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7016131, Caldwell County Deaths, File #5670.

Find A Grave, "John Parker Smith (1836-1911)," Memorial #69733190, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69733190 (accessed March 8, 2021).

Citation

Smith, John Parker. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197242 (November 12, 2026).

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