Person

Charles Poston (Clark County, Kentucky, clerk and constable)

b. 1821-11-22 d. 1897-03-09

Clark County, Kentucky, farmer, clerk, and constable. Kentucky native. Married to Mary F. Poston. Farmer in Clark County in 1850. Owned seven enslaved persons in Clark County in 1850. Owned Henry [Unknown] in Clark County in 1858. Clerk in Winchester, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Clark County in 1860. Constable in Clark County, Kentucky, in 1863.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 1, p. 72A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 1.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, Winchester, p. 886.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, Winchester, p. 348B.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Clark County, KY, Month 1863, p. 11.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994031, Clark County Births.

"Charles Poston (1821-1897)," Find A Grave, Memorial 100393106, accessed August 22, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100393106.

Citation

Poston, Charles. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32198998 (November 12, 2026).

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