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George Washington Smith (Hardin County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1813-03-15 d. 1892-05-03

Hardin County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Hannah Ashcraft Smith in Meade County, Kentucky on January 16, 1837. Father of James Smith, David Smith, Elijah Smith, Mary E. Smith, and George R. Smith. Farmer in Hardin County, Kentucky in 1850. Owned five enslaved persons in Hardin County in 1850. Farmer in Hardin County in 1860. Owned twelve enslaved persons in Hardin County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hardin County, District 3, p. 357B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hardin County, District 3, p. 326.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hardin County, District 2, p. 213.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hardin County, District 2, p. 98A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hardin County, Elizabethtown, p. 302A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Meade County Marriages, Film #000390311, p. 313.

Find A Grave, "George Washington Smith (Mar 15, 1813-May 5, 1892)," Memorial #68114396, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68114396 (accessed April 13, 2020).

Citation

Smith, George Washington. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211455 (November 12, 2026).

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