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Josiah Cook (Caldwell Co., Ky, farmhand )

b. 1839?

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmhand. Kentucky native. Son of Orestus Cook and Nancy Strawmat Cook. Resident of Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmhand in Princeton in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 283A-B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 88-89.

Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, 1786-1878, Film #000851644.

Citation

Cook, Josiah. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32212238 (November 12, 2026).

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