James Downing Sr.

Birth Date

1809-05-05

Death Date

1865-12-18

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Francis Downing and Jeanie Dunlap Downing. Married to Elizabeth Morrow Gibson Downing. Father of James Downing Jr., Francis Downing, Margaret A. Downing, Samuel Downing, Marcus Downing, and Christopher C. Downing. Farmer in Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Fayette County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 238A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 1, p. 487.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 1, p. 415-6.
Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, National Society Sons of the American Revolution Applications, Louisville, Ky, Downing, National #89768, State #1134.
Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7017512, Fayette County Deaths, File #39.
"James G. Downing Sr. (1809-1865)," Find A Grave, Memorial #147926131, accessed June 24, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147926131.

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