Lewis S. Lee

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1810-02-17

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"Lewis S. Lee" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00002188, (accessed April 22, 2025).

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Ballard County, Kentucky, sheriff. Davidson County, Tennessee, native. Son of John Lee and Jennie Tuggle Lee. Married to Nancy Watson Lee in September 1829. Married to Mary Lee. Father of Robert B. Lee, John M. Lee, Sarah L. Lee, Henry H. Lee, and Thirga A. Lee. Relocated to Ballard County in 1833. Farmer in Ballard County in 1850. Deputy sheriff of Ballard County from 1855 to 1858. Sheriff of Ballard County in 1858 to 1866.

J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, and G. C. Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State, Part II (Louisville: F. A. Battey Publishing Company, 1885), p. 138-39. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ballard County, p. 255A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ballard County, McCuistians district, p. 183. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ballard County, District No. 2, p. 6.

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