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Gabriel Lee Bourland (Hopkins Co., Ky, farmer and trader)

b. 1794-09-20 d. 1885-01-01

Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer, trader, and soldier. South Carolina native. Married to Penelope Goodman Bourland in Hopkins County, Kentucky, on June 14, 1814. Father of Julia Bourland, Humphrey C. Bourland, and Eliza J. Bourland. Resident in Hopkins County in 1840. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1850. Trader in Hopkins County in 1860. Served in the Kentucky Militia in the War of 1812 as private and sergeant from September 18, 1812, to November 15, 1813.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, 390.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 57A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 710.

War of 1812 Pension Applications, War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, Washington D.C., National Archives, Pension #SO2559, NARA Microfilm Publication M313, Microfilm Roll RG15-1812PB-Bx0375 (accessed via Fold3.com).

Find A Grave, "Gabriel Lee Bourland (20 Sep 1794-1 Jan 1885)," Memorial #65125027, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65125027 (accessed October 8, 2020).

Citation

Bourland, Gabriel Lee. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32198724 (November 12, 2026).

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