Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Caldwell County, Kentucky, tax assessor. Kentucky native. Son of Cullen Cook and Matilda Cook. Resident in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned four enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Tax assessor in Princeton in 1860. Household owned two enslaved persons in Princeton in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 350B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 778.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 37.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 223A.

Citation

Cook, James B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203637 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
George D. McGowan et al. to Beriah Magoffin
Petition
James Perry et al. to Beriah Magoffin
1861-01-22
Petition
William H. Calvert et al., to Beriah Magoffin
1861-07-16

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