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Hosea A. Pierson (Union County, Kentucky, minister, post master, merchant, and police judge.)

b. 1802? d. 1875-11-05

Union County, Kentucky, minister, post master, merchant, and police judge. North Carolina native. Married to Elizabeth W. Young Pierson in Union County, Kentucky, on March 28, 1822. Father of A.L. Pierson, G.M. Pierson, A.J. Pierson, Martin V. Pierson, and Thomas B. Pierson. Married to Prudence C. Clore Pierson in Union County on February 5, 1859. Resident of Union County in 1840. Owned three enslaved persons in Union County in 1840. Minister in Union County in 1850. Owned eight enslaved persons in Union County in 1850. Postmaster for Cypress in Union County. Merchant in Union County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Union County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, p. 11.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, District 2, p. 517A.

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

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, Caseyville, p. 557.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, Caseyville, p. 420A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, Caseyville, p. 285A.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994056, Union County Deaths.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Union County Marriages, Film 000562193.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Union County Marriages, Film 000562203.

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Union County, Kentucky, vol. 14, p. 732.

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Pierson, Hosea A.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208535 (November 12, 2026).

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