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John Smith Hansford (Lincoln County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1800-11-21 d. 1873-10-07

Lincoln County, Kentucky, farmer and trustee. Kentucky native. Son of Margaret Hansford. Married to Harriet B. Hansford. Father of W. F. Hansford, Susan Hansford, Emma Hansford, and Smith Hansford. Resident in Lincoln County, Kentucky, in 1830. Owned five enslaved persons in Lincoln County in 1830. Farmer in Lincoln County in 1840. Owned seven enslaved persons in Lincoln County in 1840. Farmer in Lincoln County in 1850. Owned twelve enslaved persons in Lincoln County in 1850. Farmer in Lincoln County in 1860. Owned six enslaved persons in Lincoln County in 1860. Trustee of the town of Crab Orchard in 1861.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Fifth Manuscript Census of the United States (1830), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lincoln County, Crab Orchard, p. 357.

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lincoln County, p. 89.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lincoln County, District 2, p. 290A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Lincoln County, District 2, p. 242.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lincoln County, Crab Orchard, p. 56.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Lincoln County, Crab Orchard, p. 347A-B.

"John Smith Hansford (1800-1873)," Find A Grave, Memorial #142407963, accessed June 29, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142407963.

KYR-0001-017-0112.

Citation

Hansford, John Smith. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200061 (November 12, 2026).

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