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History of Pulaski County KentuckySelect a City, Town, Village or Township: No Data Yet -- Coming Soon! Our database does not include an historic photo for Pulaski County Kentucky, do you have one you would like to contribute? Contact Us! 15% - 35% off all Products ยป The Ready Store Biographies:Joseph Alexander Cooper Biography Joseph Alexander Cooper, soldier, was born in Pulaski county, Ky., Nov. 25, 1823; son of John and Hester Cooper. He volunteered in the Mexican war, serving with the 4th Tennessee infantry, and afterward engaged in planting. In 1861 he entered the Union army as captain in the 1st Tennessee infantry and was promoted in 1862 colonel of the 6th Tennessee regiment. He gained the rank of brigadier-general in 1864, commanding a brigade in Georgia. He commanded a division in the battle of Nashville, Dec. 15-16, 1864, and in North Carolina in 1865. On reaching Washington, D. C., he was brevetted major-general March 13, 1865. He returned to Tennessee and on Jan. 15, 1866, by order of the President he was appointed commander of the state troops under Governor Brownlow and served as such, 1866-67. He was collector of internal revenue, 1869-78. In 1898 he was engaged in farming in Kansas. Local History and Genealogy Links: |
Kentucky Facts: Pulaski County Facts: Seat: SomersetEstablished: 1798 Formed from: Green and Lincoln
Additional Local History Notes: The 1854 Gazetteer of the United States by Thomas Baldwin shows: PULASKI, a county in the S. central part of Kentucky, contains an area estimated at 650 square miles. The Cumberland river bounds it on the S., and Rock Castle river on the E. The surface is hilly or mountainous, excepting the N. part, which is gently undulating. In 1850 this county produced 558,864 bushels of corn; 13,385 of wheat, and 125,002 of oats. It contained 35 churches, and 1220 pupils attending public schools. Pulaski abounds in minerals, the most valuable of which are iron, lead, and stone coal. About 400,000 bushels of coal are annually exported by the Cumberland: river, which is navigable for small steamboats. Formed in 1798. Capital, Somerset. Population, 14,195, of whom 12,388 were free, and 1307, slaves. |