William McGary Davis

Birth Date

1840-03-23

Death Date

1918-05-15

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Hopkins County, Kentucky, student and farm laborer. Kentucky native. Son of Israel Davis and Dicey Woodruff Davis. Student in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farm laborer in Hopkins County in 1860. Household owns five enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 61A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 800.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 218A.
Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #13202.
"William McGary Davis (1840-1918)," Find A Grave, Memorial #25172663, accessed January 11, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25172663.

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