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Robert M. Ewing (Scott County, Kentucky, soldier and physician)

b. 1787-05-29 d. 1862-10-09

Scott County, Kentucky, soldier, physician, and farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Margaret H. Gano Ewing in Scott County, Kentucky, on June 4, 1816. Served in Colonel Scott's Regiment of the Kentucky Militia as a surgeon from August 15, 1812, to February 14, 1813. Served in Colonel Johnston's Regiment of the Kentucky Militia as a surgeon from May 20, 1813, to November 19, 1813. Resident of Scott County, Kentucky, in 1820. Owned two enslaved persons in Scott County in 1820. Resident of Scott County in 1830. Owned three enslaved persons in Scott County in 1830. Resident of Scott County in 1840. Owned eleven enslaved persons in Scott County in 1840. Physician in Scott County in 1850. Owned twelve enslaved persons in Scott County in 1850. Physician and farmer in Scott County in 1860. Owned six enslaved persons in Scott County in 1860.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Fourth Manuscript Census of the United States (1820), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, Georgetown, p. 94.

Fifth Manuscript Census of the United States (1830), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, Georgetown, p. 128.

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, p. 56.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 2, p. 459A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 2.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 1, p. 988.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, District 1, p. 231A.

War of 1812 Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files, NARA RG 15, Roll RG15-1812PB-Bx1188.

"Dr. Robert M. Ewing (1787-1862)," Find A Grave, Memorial 100864815, accessed July 20, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100864815.

Citation

Ewing, Robert M.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197243 (November 12, 2026).

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