Person

George Smith (Hancock County farmer)

b. 1815?

Hancock County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Smith. Father of Helen Smith, Horace G. Smith, and Lydia Smith. Owned six enslaved persons in Hancock County in 1850. Owned fourteen enslaved persons in 1860. Farmer in Hancock County in 1850. Farmer in Hancock County in 1860. Member of the Masonic Order at Lewisport Lodge, No. 303 in Lewisport, Kentucky.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 71.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hancock County, p. 6.

Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, at a Grand Annual Communication, in the City of Louisville, Commencing on Monday, the 21st Day of October, 1867 (Frankfort, Ky.: Frankfort Commonwealth, 1867), 226.

Citation

Smith, George. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203517 (November 12, 2026).

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