Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Hickman County, Kentucky, trader and farmer. Kentucky native. Son of E. Sherfield and Sallie A. Sherfield. Farmer in Graves County, Kentucky, in 1850. Trader in Hickman County in 1860. Allegedly killed by Unionists James M. Bailey and Lewis H. Bailey in Hickman County in 1861.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, District 1, p. 439A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hickman County, Hays District, p. 541.

"Later from Richmond--Jeff. Davis Very Ill with No Hopes of His Recovery," Chicago Tribune, (IL), September 4, 1861, newspapers.com, https://www.newspapers.com/image/466163355.

Citation

Sherfield, William "Bill". Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209235 (November 12, 2026).

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Correspondence
William W. Robertson to Andrew R. Boon
1861-09-08

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