Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Magoffin County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Catherine Salyer in Johnson County, Kentucky, on September 16, 1849. Father of Jefferson Cooper, Elizabeth Cooper, John F. Cooper, Thomas Cooper, Mary A. Cooper, William H. Cooper, and Newton Cooper. Farmer in Morgan County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Magoffin County in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Morgan County, p. 163B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Magoffin County, Licking Station, p. 501.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Magoffin County, Precinct 2, pp. 357A-357B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Johnson County Marriages, Film #001912950, p. 119.

Find A Grave, "Richard Leander "Lee" Cooper (1825-1911)," Memorial #54717194, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54717194 (accessed May 15, 2020).

Citation

Cooper, Richard Lee "Leawit". Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213677 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
J. E. Cooper et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
1863-12-20

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