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Leonard James Cox (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1831 d. 1912-02-29

Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Sophronia Stedman Cox. Father of Louis Cox, Leonard June "James" Cox, Eben S. Cox, Mary B. Cox, and Jacob Cox. Farmer in Franklin County, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned thirteen enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1860. Farmer in Franklin County in 1863.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 197.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 483B-484A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Market House, p. 166A-166B.

Consolidated List 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. 4.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994034, Franklin County Births.

"L. J. Cox," The Houston Post (Houston, TX), March 1, 1912, p. 9.

Citation

Cox, Leonard James. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203104 (November 12, 2026).

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