Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Hopkins County and Webster County, Kentucky, farmer. Tennessee native. Married to Julia A. Cobb. Father of Albert Cobb, Eliza J. Cobb, Nancy G. Cobb, John W. Cobb, Mary Cobb, Jesse Cobb, Sarah Cobb, Sydney Cobb, Greenberry Cobb, Henry H. Cobb, and Choice Cobb. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1850. Employed John Shadrach as a laborer in Hopkins County in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1850. Farmer in Webster County in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Webster County in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 145B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 709.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 463-64.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 480A.

Citation

Cobb, Greenberry. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211567 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
William Hull et al. to Beriah Magoffin

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