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Western W. Cox (Morgan County)

b. 1828-09-28 d. 1892-05-09

Morgan County, Kentucky, sheriff and soldier. Morgan County native. Son of Solomon Cox. Married to Elizabeth Nickell Cox on March 1, 1849. Father of Luellen Cox and Mary B. Cox. Farmer in Morgan County in 1850. Deputy sheriff of Morgan County from 1855 to 1858. Elected sheriff of Morgan County in 1858 and in 1860. Quartermaster and lieutenant in the 5th Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry Regiment (C.S.A.) from October 1861 to December 1862. Captain, major, and lieutenant colonel in the 10th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.) from 1863 to 1865.

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Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Morgan County. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Morgan County, District 1, p. 110. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Morgan County, West Liberty, p. 1. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 54 and 107. “Death of Judge Cox,”

"Death of Judge Cox," Mt. Sterling Advocate (Mount Sterling, Ky.), May 17, 1892, p.1.

Find A Grave, "Western W. Cox (1828-1892)," Memorial #26436622, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26436622 (accessed on July 19, 2018).

Citation

Cox, Western W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32215263 (November 12, 2026).

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