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Josiah E. Smith (Rockcastle County, Kentucky, deputy clerk and soldier.)

b. 1838? d. 1862-02

Rockcastle County, Kentucky, deputy clerk and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Thomas J. Smith and Paulina Smith. Resident of Rockcastle County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned eight enslaved persons in Rockcastle County in 1850. Deputy clerk in Rockcastle County in 1860. Household owned twelve enslaved person in Rockcastle County in 1860. Served in the 5th Texas Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.) as a private from August 29, 1861, to February 1862. Killed at the Battle of Valverde, New Mexico Territory, in February 1862.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, Southern District, p. 158A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, Southern District.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, Mount Vernon, p. 585.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, p. 204B.

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Texas, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M323, Roll 0035.

"Local and Otherwise," Mount Vernon Signal (Mount Vernon, KY), July 30, 1897.

Citation

Smith, Josiah E.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281123 (November 12, 2026).

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