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Cornelius Bailey (Henderson County, Kentucky, assistant auditor of KY and attorney)

b. 1837-11-15 d. 1888-12-30

Franklin County, Kentucky, attorney and assistant auditor. Kentucky native. Son of Alexander Bailey and Mary Bailey. Married to Eliza M. Posey Bailey in Henderson County, Kentucky, on April 5, 1865. Attended school in Henderson County in 1850. Household owned twenty enslaved persons in Henderson County in 1850. Attorney in Henderson County. Clerk in Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, in 1860. Assistant auditor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1860 to 1863.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 2, p. 356A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 2.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 279.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-08.

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862,” Legislative Document Series, No. 24 (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 298-306.


Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Henderson County Marriages, Film 001944390.

"Kentucky State Appointments by the Auditor," Louisville Daily Courier, April 28, 1860.

Find A Grave, "Cornelius Bailey (1837-1888)," Memorial 92103255, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92103255 (accessed March 2, 2020).

Citation

Bailey, Cornelius. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199418 (February 13, 2026).

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