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David F. Smith (Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer, hotel keeper and justice of the peace)

b. 1821-12-25 d. 1881-11-28

Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer, hotel keeper and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Son of Edmond Smith and Jane A. Smith. Married Martha A. Kemper Smith in Garrard County, Kentucky, on January 29, 1849. Farmer in Garrard County in 1850. Farmer in Garrard County in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Garrard County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Garrard County in 1861. Hotel keeper in Garrard County in 1863.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Garrard County, Division 1, p. 262B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Garrard County, p. 707.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Garrard County, p. 27A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Garrard County, Bryantsville, p. 462B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Garrard County Marriages, Film #000183256, p. 47.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War) NARA RG 110, Garrard County, KY, Month 1863, p. 140.

“Executor's Sale” Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, Ky.), Jan. 20, 1865, p. 3.

Find A Grave, "David Finley Smith (1821-1881)," Memorial #7222025, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7222025 (accessed July 6, 2021).

KYR-0001-017-0174.

Citation

Smith, David F.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207162 (November 12, 2026).

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