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William Jefferson Smith (Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1828-01-28 d. 1880-06-12

Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Jane Davenport Smith in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on December 29, 1845. Father of William D. Smith, Elias Harrison Smith, Lucinda J. Smith, Esther E. Smith, Susan Smith, Reuben H. Smith, Jefferson Smith, and Kirby Smith. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Lyon County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 339A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, p. 753.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, District 3, p. 77A-B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film #000851644, p. 260.

Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Lyon County Administrators Bonds, 1854-1890, p. 275.

"William Jefferson Smith (1828-1880)," Find A Grave, Memorial #27990607, accessed November 14, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27990607.

Citation

Smith, William Jefferson. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32280370 (November 12, 2026).

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