Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Madison County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Owned four enslaved persons in Jessamine County in 1850. Farmer in Madison County in 1863.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jessamine, Division 1, p. 28.

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), Madison County, KY, July 1863, p. 25, (Accessed via ancestry.com).

Citation

Cosby, Edward. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32206769 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
Grant Knight et al. to Beriah Magoffin
1861-09-16

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