Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Rockcastle County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Father of Margaret Cornett, Malinda Cornett, William Cornett, and Lydia Cornett. Married to Levinia Reid Cornett in Clay County, Kentucky, on April 26, 1842. Father of Elizabeth Cornett, Wiley Cornett, and Eliza Ann Cornett. Married to Sarah J. Maston Cornett in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, in October 1858. Father of Jason W. Cornett. Farmer in Clay County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: Mulatto

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clay County, Kentucky District, p. 135B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, p. 514.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lincoln County, Crab Orchard Precinct, p. 11A.

Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954, Genealogical Society of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, UT, Clay County Marriages, Film 000986628.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Rockcastle County Marriages, Film 000806409.

Citation

Cornett, Jordan. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281376 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
S. W. Brown et al. to Beriah Magoffin

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