Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

About

Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Father of William Simmons, Mary Simmons, Lucy Simmons, and Martha Simmons. Farmer in Mercer County in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 2, p. 144.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedule, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 2, p. 2.

Citation

Simmons, Joseph. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213367 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
J. M. Sillard et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
1864-11-14

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