Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Ballard County, Kentucky, postmaster and farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Louisa M. Bett. Father of Mary E. Bett and Gracey A. Bett. Postmaster in Blandville, Kentucky, from February 23,1853, to June 11, 1858. Farmer in Blandville in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Blandville in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ballard County, Blandville, p. 563.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Ballard County, Blandville, p. 34A.

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971 Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Ballard County, Kentucky, vol. 28.

Citation

Bett, Osburn. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207970 (November 12, 2026).

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A. J. Warener et al. to James F. Robinson

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