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Wesley Smith (Hardin County, Kentucky, former enslaved person and soldier)

b. 1842?

Hardin County, Kentucky, former enslaved person and soldier. Kentucky native. Enslaved person in Hardin County, Kentucky in 1863. Served in the 109th USCT as a private (a substitute for W. M. Evans) from June 2, 1864 to February 6, 1866.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
Black

Bibliography

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. 337B.

U.S. Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938 National Archives Microfilm Publication M1749, Illinois, Danville Branch (ancestry.com) p. 13893.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll RG94-USCT-109-Bx39.

Citation

Smith, Wesley. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211810 (November 12, 2026).

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