George D. McGowan

Birth Date

1836-01-11

Death Date

1871-12-03

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Caroline McGowan. Student in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned five enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Farm laborer Princeton in 1860. Served in the 3rd Kentucky Mounted Infantry (C.S.A.) as a private and corporal from August 19, 1861 to April 8, 1864. Reported as deserted from Princeton on April 8, 1864. Signed a loyalty oath to the U. S. government on April 15, 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 279A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 816.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 24.
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0093.
"George David McGowan (1836-1871)," Find A Grave, Memorial #18628295, accessed July 14, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18628295.

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