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Martin J. Gossett (Bath County, Kentucky, farmer.)

b. 1817-08-06 d. 1864-06-26

Bath County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Ann Atkinson Gossett. Father of John M. Gossett, Sarah C. Gossett, Levi Gossett, and Lucy Gossett. Farmer in Bath County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Bath County 1850. Owned Dilly [Unknown] in Bath County in 1858. Farmer in Bath County in 1860. Owned six enslaved persons in Bath County 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, District 1, p. 112A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, District 1.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, p. 173.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, p. 87B.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994028, Bath County Births.

"Martin J. Gossett (1817-1864)," Find A Grave, Memorial 30610404, accessed July 8, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30610404.

Citation

Gossett, Martin J.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214227 (November 12, 2026).

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