William S. Downey

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c1824

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"William S. Downey" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00006117, (accessed January 8, 2025).

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Bourbon County, Kentucky, commonwealth's attorney. Indiana native. Married to Lucy Ann Embry Downey in Madison County, Kentucky on May 18, 1845. Father of Mary E. Downey. Married to Emily Jane Robinson Burbridge Downey in Scott County on January 28, 1858. Father of Willie H. Downey and Minna "Minnie" Shreve Downey. Attorney in Clark County in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Clark County in 1850. Attorney in Bourbon County in 1860. Commonwealth's attorney for the Thirteenth Judicial District from 1860 to 1866. Owned nineteen enslaved persons in Clark County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark, Winchester, p. 41B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clark, Winchester, p. 307.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark, Winchester, p. 871.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clark, Winchester, p. 346A.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Madison County Marriages, Film 000183302.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Scott County Marriages, Film 000183225.
Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1860, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1861), 355-59.
Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-08.
Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862, Legislative Document Series, No. 24 (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 298-306.
Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863, Legislative Document Series, No. 10 (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-06.
Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 9-12.
Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 9-12.
Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1866, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-50.

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