Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Anderson County, Kentucky, attorney. Anderson County native. Married to Lorinda Montfort Posey. Father of Mary W. Posey, William Horace Posey, Owen Breckinridge Posey, Lucretia Posey, James Albert Posey, Eloise Posey, Edward M. Posey, Charles Rowland Posey, and Thomas H. Posey. Attended Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware. Attorney in Anderson County in 1860.

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Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Anderson County, p. 11.

William Elsey Connelley and Ellis Merton Coulter, History of Kentucky, vol. 5 (Chicago: American Historical Society, 1922), p. 180.

Citation

Posey, James M.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204280 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
Jef. Searcy et al. to Beriah Magoffin
1861-11-04

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