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Charles B. Cotton (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney.)

b. 1827? d. 1894-05-11

Louisville, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Married to Jennie M. Cotton. Father of Sarah Cotton. Graduated from Centre College in Danville, Boyle County, Kentucky in 1849. Attorney in Woodford County in 1850. Household owned twelve enslaved persons in 1850. Attorney in Louisville, Jefferson County, in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, District 1, p. 454B.

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

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, 4th Ward, p. 46-47.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Oldham County, Rollington, p. 75B.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994041, Jefferson County Deaths, p. 311.

Thirteenth Triennial and Fortieth Annual Catalogue of the Officers and Students, of Centre College(Danville, KY, 1864), 21.

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Cotton, Charles B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32205826 (November 12, 2026).

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