Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Hopkins County, Kentucky, carpenter. Kentucky native. Married to Amanda Simons. Father of Flaren Simons, James Simons, and Leonard Simons. Carpenter in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Carpenter in Madisonville in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Madisonville in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 146B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 830.

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

Citation

Simons, Leonard. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203607 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
S. B. Nisbet et al. to Beriah Magoffin

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