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John T. Greenfield (Hopkins County, Ky, silversmith and watchmaker )

b. 1822-02-22 d. 1912-03-10

Hopkins County, Kentucky, silversmith and watchmaker. Hopkinsville, Kentucky, native. Son of Burgess Greenfield and Mary "Polly" Frost Greenfield. Married to Susan E. P. Greenfield. Father of Laura Greenfield, Estella Greenfield, and Clem B. Greenfield. Silversmith in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Watchmaker in Madisonville in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Madisonville in 1860.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 50A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 833.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 221A.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #8701.

Citation

Greenfield, John T.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201084 (November 12, 2026).

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