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John L. Smedley (Harrodsburg, Kentucky, druggist)

b. 1797?

Harrodsburg, Kentucky, druggist. Pennsylvania native. Married to Martha O. Smedley. Father of Sarah Smedley, Charles Smedley, Elizabeth Smedley, Ovie Smedley, Ann Smedley, William F. Smedley, and Marian Smedley. Druggist in Harrodsburg in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Harrodsburg in 1850. Druggist in Harrodsburg in 1860. Owned six enslaved persons in Harrodsburg in 1860.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, p. 369A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, p. 911.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, p. 694.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, p. 47A.

Citation

Smedley, John L.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213969 (November 12, 2026).

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