Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Mason County, Kentucky, clerk, merchant, and bookkeeper. Kentucky native. Son of Nathaniel Poyntz. Clerk in Mason County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned eleven enslaved persons in Mason County in 1850. Merchant in Mason County in 1860. Bookkeeper in Mason County in 1863.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 1, p. 108A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville, p. 757.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 1, p. 317.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Mason County, KY, September 1863.

Citation

Poyntz, James P.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214377 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
George W. Sulser et al. to Beriah Magoffin
Petition
James C. Brookover to Beriah Magoffin
Petition
James C. Brookover to James F. Robinson
1862-09-24

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