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Henry A. Cordes (Hopkins Co. merchant)

b. 1821?

Hopkins County, Kentucky, merchant. Native of Hanover, Germany. Merchant in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1850. Merchant in Hopkins County in 1860. Merchant in Hopkins County in 1863.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 82A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 680.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 751.

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), Hopkins County, KY, September 1863, p. 9 (Accessed via ancestry.com).

Citation

Cordes, Henry A.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201027 (November 12, 2026).

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