Samuel W. Kennedy (Elkton, Kentucky, attorney)
b. 1823-12-22 d. 1879-01-27
Elkton, Todd County, Kentucky attorney. Kentucky native. Son of James N. Kennedy and Nancy Kennedy. Married Nannie Greenfield Kennedy in Todd County on December 18, 1855. Father of L. N. Kennedy, Nannie L. Kennedy, Bland Kennedy, and Mary G. Kennedy. Lived in Todd County, Kentucky, in 1850. Attorney in Elkton in 1860. Member of the convention of the provisional government held at Russellville in November 1861.
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- White
Bibliography
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Todd County, District 2, p. 251.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Todd County, p. 69.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Todd County, Elkton, p. 349.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994027-994058, Todd County Marriages, p. 647 of 683 on microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com).
Find A Grave, "Samuel W. Kennedy (1823-1879)," Memorial #48573060, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48573060 (accessed May 30, 2017).
KYR-0004-033-0001.
Citation
Kennedy, Samuel W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32206055 (November 12, 2026).
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