Person

Granville Smith (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1807-04-09 d. 1874-06-02

Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah A. Boswell Smith in Harrison County, Kentucky, on November 4, 1844. Father to Sarah Smith, Julia E. Smith McClune, William B. Smith, Annie M. Smith, Merritt W. Smith, and Joseph G. Smith. Farmer in Fayette County in 1850. Employed William Whitamore as a farmer in Fayette County in 1850. Owned twenty-one enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1850. Farmer in Fayette County in 1860. Owned sixteen enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1860.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 225B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 65.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 1, p. 467.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 1, p. 406B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 36 B-37A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Harrison County Marriages, Film #000216896.

"Granville Smith (1807-1874)," Find A Grave, Memorial #61365384, accessed June 27, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61365384.

Citation

Smith, Granville. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207738 (November 12, 2026).

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