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John William Cornelius (Christian County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1831-04-30 d. 1892-10-25

Christian County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of John Cornelius and Martha Cornelius. Farmer in Christian County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned five enslaved persons in Christian County in 1850. Farmer in Christian County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Christian County in 1860. Farmer in Christian County in 1863.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 1, p. 468B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 1, p. 63.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, p. 516.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, p. 302A.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Christian County, KY, July 1863, p. 8.

"John W. Cornelius (1831-1892)," Find A Grave, Memorial 40521345, accessed June 21, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40521345.

Citation

Cornelius, John William. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281030 (November 12, 2026).

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