Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Madison County, Kentucky, farm laborer and soldier. Madison County native. Married to Mary J. Smithhart. Father of Reubin N. Smithhart, William W. Smithhart, and John J. Smithhart. Married to Martha A. Turner Smithhart in Madison County on February 12, 1864. Farm laborer in Madison County in 1860. Served in the 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.) as private from September 10, 1862, to January 8, 1863.

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Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Western Subdivision, p. 240.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 60.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Madison County Marriages, Film #000183302, p. 105, and Film #000183317, pp. 260 and 291 of microfilm.

Citation

Smithhart, Wesley. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210743 (November 12, 2026).

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Correspondence
William Harris et al. to Beriah Magoffin
1861-03-11

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