Person

Robert A. Cox (Brown County, Illinois, sheriff (mt. sterling))

b. 1830-12-03 d. 1890-02-14

Brown County, Illinois, sheriff. Kentucky native. Married to Susan Cox. Father of Laura Cox. Cooper in Brown County, Illinois, in 1850. Sheriff in Mount Sterling in 1860. Sheriff in Mount Sterling in 1863.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Illinois, Brown County, Township 1SR1W, p. 127A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Illinois, Brown County, Mount Sterling, p. 675.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Brown County, Mount Sterling, p. 113B.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War) NARA RG 110, Brown County, IL, July 1863, p. 90.

"Robert A Cox (1830-1890)," Find A Grave, Memorial #169938920, accessed August 18, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/169938920.

Citation

Cox, Robert A.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210410 (November 12, 2026).

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