Person

Michael Dawson (Jefferson County, tavern keeper)

b. 1820? d. 1873-11-16

Louisville, Kentucky, tavern keeper. Native of Ireland. Married to Catherine Dawson. Tavern keeper in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1860. Tavern keeper in Louisville in 1861. Tavern keeper in Louisville in 1865.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 6, p. 275.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 8, p. 72A.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994041, Jefferson County Deaths, p. 10.

Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 70.

Edwards' Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville, For 1865-6 (Louisville: Edwards, Greenough & Deved, 1866), 268.

Citation

Dawson, Michael. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200326 (November 12, 2026).

The people, organizations, and places listed below appear in the same documents as Michael Dawson (Jefferson County, tavern keeper). They are sorted by the number of documents they share.

Documents (1)

People

Organizations

Places

Loading network...

Network Visualized

How to use the visualization

CWGK’s network visualization brings the edition’s documents to life. The network on this page centers around Dawson, Michael. Click on the light blue dot to see the documents in which the entity appears. You can also click on the dark orange dots to see other people linked to Dawson, Michael, a light orange dot to see the places connected to Dawson, Michael, or dark green dots to see organizations linked to Dawson, Michael.

Additionally, the lines between the dots add additional information. The light green lines demonstrate direct connections between Dawson, Michael and another person, place, or organization. The light pink lines highlight that the dots appear in the same document.