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Wakefield M. Samuels (Hickman County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff)

b. 1821?

Hickman County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah L. Stoner Samuels. Father of Allice F. Samuels, John M. Samuels, George W. Samuels, Kate R. Samuels, and Mary B. Samuels. Saddler in Burksville, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Hickman County in 1860. Sheriff in Hickman County in 1863.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Cumberland County, Burksville, stamped p. 278.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hickman County, Clinton District, p. 79.

Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7020436, Hickman County Deaths, File #23654.

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864,” in 1865 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 125.

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Samuels, Wakefield M.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199023 (November 12, 2026).

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