William Simmons

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c1839

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"William Simmons" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00014042, (accessed November 4, 2025).

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Christian County, Kentucky, farmer and overseer. Christian County, Kentucky, native. Married to Cordelia H. Johnson Simmons in Christian County on December 11, 1864. Father of Charles W. Simmons. Farmer in Christian County in 1860. Household owned three enslaved persons in Christian County in 1860. Overseer in Christian County in 1863.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 797.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, p. 316A.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Fruit Hill, p. 306B.
Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7020665, Christian County Deaths, File #14118.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Christian County Marriages, Film #000465564, p. 111.
Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Christian County, KY, July 1863, p. 48 (accessed via Ancestry.com).

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