Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Scott County, Kentucky, lawyer. Kentucky native. Graduated from Transylvania University in 1846. Married to Fanny H. Lindsay on December 8, 1859. Elected to the State Senate in 1857. Lawyer in Scott County in 1861. Appointed aid to the Provisional Governor of Tennessee and served as a Colonel in the Confederate Army.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, Georgetown, p.995.
Find A Grave, "Col William Sharp Darnaby (1821-1885)," Memorial #71364741, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71364741(accessed September 6, 2018).
William Henry Perrin History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison, and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, (Cincinnati, Ohio: Art Guild Reprints, Inc, 1882), 589.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1803-1883), KDLA, Roll #000183225, Madison County.

Citation

Darnaby, William Sharp. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201823 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
William S. Darnaby et al. to Beriah Magoffin

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