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Rebecca L. Gant Cope (Graves County, Kentucky, resident.)

b. 1832-11-06 d. 1917-10-02

Christian and Graves County, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Daughter of Archibald Gant and Rebecca Kinkead Gant. Married to Salem P. Cope. Mother of John Cope, Milton Cope, Rebecca Cope, Salem E. Cope, Lizzie W. Cope, and Carrie Cope. Resident of Christian County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned twenty four enslaved persons in Graves County in 1850. Resident of Graves County, Kentucky, in 1860. Household owned two enslaved persons in Graves County in 1860.

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Sex
Female
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 1, p. 484B.

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

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, p. 319.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, p. 58A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken County, Precinct 3, p. 27A.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 27861.

Citation

Cope, Rebecca L. Gant. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199126 (November 12, 2026).

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