Person

Joseph Lail (Harrison County, Kentucky, blacksmith and farmer)

b. 1825?

Harrison County, Kentucky, blacksmith and farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Margaret Ann Gray Lail in Harrison County, Kentucky, on July 30, 1841. Father of Buenavista Lail, Webb Lail, Albert Lail, Ada E. Lail, Mary E. Lail, Woodford Lail, Maggie Lail, Anna Lail, and William Lail. Blacksmith in Harrison County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1850. Farmer in Harrison County in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1860. Farmer in Harrison County in 1863.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 144A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 402-403.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 511.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, p. 113 B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, Leesburg, p. 194 A-B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Harrison County Marriages, Film 000216886.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Harrison County, KY, June and July 1863, p. 145.

Citation

Lail, Joseph. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32280764 (November 12, 2026).

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