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William Poyntz Coons (Mason County, Kentucky, attorney)

b. 1839-03-26

Mason County, Kentucky, attorney. Mason County, Kentucky, native. Son of Charles B. Coons and Nancy Coons. Married to Louisa Diltz Coons on October 12, 1864 in Bracken County, Kentucky. Father of Adda Coons. Attended school in Mason County, Kentucky in 1850. Household owned two enslaved persons in Mason County in 1850. Household employed Milton Payton as wood sawyer in 1850. Attended Centre College Law School in Boyle County from 1858 to 1860. Household owned one enslaved person in 1860. Attorney in Mason County in 1863.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville, p. 115B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville, p. 363.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville, p. 3B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville, p. 435A.

Twelfth Manuscript Census of the United States(1900), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville, p. 12.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Mason County, KY, September 1863, p. 64.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mason County Marriages, Film 000344098.

U.S., Passport Applications, 1795-1925, General Records of the Department of State, NARA Series M1372, RG 59, Roll 2116, Application 224963.

U. S. School Catalogues, 1765-1935, Educational Institutions, American Antiquarian Society, Worchester, Massachusetts, Kentucky, Centre College, 1858, p. 8.

Citation

Coons, William Poyntz. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211160 (November 12, 2026).

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