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Joel Smith (Adair County farmer)

b. 1824-11-12 d. 1894-12-28

Adair County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah A. Smith. Father of Jeremiah G. Smith, Sarah A. Smith, Agnes Smith Sternes, Thomas B. Smith, Waller Smith, Penick Smith, Joel Smith, Jr., and Willie C. Smith. Farmer in Adair County in 1860. Owned sixteen enslaved persons in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, Division 2, p. 6-7.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, District 2, p. 1.

Find A Grave, "Joel Smith (November 12, 1824-December 28, 1894)," Memorial #93707120, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93707120 (accessed on March 20, 2017).

Citation

Smith, Joel. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207768 (November 12, 2026).

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