Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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McCracken County, Kentucky, judge and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Married to Christina Smedley, Father of Elizabeth Lewis Smedley and George Smedley. Police judge in McCracken County, Kentucky, in 1850. Police judge in McCracken County in 1859. City judge in Paducah in 1860. Justice of the peace in McCracken County in 1862.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken County, Division No. 1 (Paducah and Suburbs), p. 140A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken County, District No. 2 Paducah, p. 907.

KYR-0001-028-0021.

KYR-0001-031-0031.

Citation

Smedley, George. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203699 (November 12, 2026).

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McCracken County Court, Order
1862-10-20

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