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Columbus Tate (Bourbon County Cooper/Postmaster)

b. 1831?

Bourbon County, Kentucky, postmaster and cooper. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Frances Robinson Tate in Bourbon County on October 17, 1852. Father of Charles Tate, Francis Tate, John Tate, Mattie Tate, William Tate, Mary Tate, and Julia Tate. Postmaster of Shawhan, Bourbon County from 1857 to 1859. Cooper in Bourbon County in 1863.

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Race
White

Bibliography

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), Taylor County, KY, May 1865, p. 115, (Accessed via ancestry.com).
Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, p. 16, (accessed via Ancestry.com).
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994028, Bourbon County Marriages.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Bourbon County, Paris, page 40.

Citation

Tate, Columbus. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211199 (November 12, 2026).

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