Thomas Jeff Cofer

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c1826

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"Thomas Jeff Cofer" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00014041, (accessed May 15, 2025).

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Christian County, Kentucky, cabinetmaker and soldier. Virginia native. Married to Martha F. Simmons Cofer in Christian County on October 17, 1849. Father of John Cofer, George Cofer, and Mary Cofer. Cabinetmaker in Trigg County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Trigg County in 1850. Cabinetmaker in Christian County in 1860. Mechanic in Christian County in 1863. Served in the 52nd Kentucky Infantry (U.S.A.) as a private and corporal from March 3, 1864 to March 11, 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, District 1, p. 292A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, District 1, p. 3 of 18 on microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com).
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 680.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Christian County Marriages, Film #001942963, p. 167.
Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Christian County, KY, July 1863, p. 7 (accessed via Ancestry.com).
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 398.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 519.

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