Person

John E. Cosson (Pulaski co, ky, Circuit Ct. Clk.)

b. 1821-05-04 d. 1884-06-16

Pulaski County, Kentucky, druggist and circuit clerk. Kentucky native. Married to Emily Cosson. Father of Eliza A. Cosson and Laura Cosson. Druggist in Pulaski County, Kentucky, in 1860. Postmaster in Somerset from July 1861 to October 1861. Justice of the peace in Pulaski County in 1861 to July 16, 1861. Clerk of the Pulaski Circuit Court in Pulaski County from 1862 to 1867.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pulaski County, District 1, p. 13.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862, Legislative Document Series No. 24, (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 298-306.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863, Legislative Document Series No. 10, (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-306.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864, Legislative Document Series No. 1, (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 9-12.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865, Legislative Document Series No. 1, (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 9-12.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1866, Legislative Document Series No. 1, (Frankfort, KY: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-350.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1867, Legislative Document Series No. 1, (Frankfort, KY: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1867), 356.

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971 Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Pulaski County, Kentucky, Roll 49.

"John E. Cosson (May 4, 1821-June 16, 1884)," Find A Grave, Memorial #12281601, accessed July 31, 2018, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12281601.

KYR-0001-004-1406.

Citation

Cosson, John E.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214795 (November 12, 2026).

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