William E. Cox

Birth Date

1842

Death Date

1902-06-08

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Franklin County, Kentucky, clerk and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Austin P. Cox and Mary P. Cox. Resident of Franklin County in 1850. Household owned fourteen enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1850. Resident of Franklin County in 1860. Household owned five enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1860. Clerk in Franklin County in 1863. Appointed aide-de-camp and first lieutenant for the Kentucky National Legion on March 13, 1865. Clerk for Daniel W. Lindsey in the offices of the Inspector General and Adjutant General in 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 88B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 269.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort District 1, p. 492A..
Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Franklin County, KY, July 1863, p. 5.
"Death of a Pioneer," The Wellington Journal (Wellington, KS), June 9, 1902, p. 1.
"W. E. Cox (1842-1902)," Find A Grave, Memorial 60194129, accessed November 21, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60194129.
KYR-0002-060-0001.

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