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Alexander W. Copeland (Christian County, Kentucky, tinner and police judge)

b. 1818 d. 1872

Christian County, Kentucky, tinner and police judge. Tennessee native. Married to Sarah Ann Dunnavan Copeland in Christian County, Kentucky, on June 9, 1842. Father of Alexander Copeland, Mary E. Copeland, Emma Copeland, and Jennette Copeland. Tinner in Christian County in 1850. Tinner in Hopkinsville in 1860. Police judge in Christian County from December 12, 1862, to December 20, 1865.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 2, p. 420B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 680.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 406B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Christian County Marriages, Film #000465562, p. 37.

"Alexander W. Copeland (1818-1872)," Find A Grave, Memorial #88551507, accessed August 12, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88551507.

KYR-0001-031-0084.

KYR-0001-007-0652.

Citation

Copeland, Alexander W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32212237 (November 12, 2026).

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