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William Sams (Carroll County, Kentucky, sawmill operator, barkeeper, and agent of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.)

b. 1834?

Carroll County, Kentucky, sawmill operator, barkeeper, and agent of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Henry County, Kentucky, native. Son of Delilah Sams. Married to Eliza Jane Lockhart Sams in Trimble County, Kentucky, on December 28, 1852. Father of James Sams, Joseph T. Sams, and Luella Sams. Farmer in Trimble County in 1850. Sawmill operator in Carroll County in 1860. Barkeeper in Carroll County in 1863. Agent for the Commonwealth of in the requisitions of Alexander Burke and William Ross in 1864.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trimble County, District 2, p. 387A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Carroll County, Carrollton, p. 17.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Missouri, Shelby County, Bethel Township, p. 14B.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Carroll County, KY, June and July 1863, p. 385.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Trimble County Marriages, Film 000420390.

KYR-0001-006-0011.

KYR-0001-006-0026.

Citation

Sams, William. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200211 (November 12, 2026).

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