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James Downing Sr. (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1809-05-05 d. 1865-12-18

Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Francis Downing and Jeanie Dunlap Downing. Married to Elizabeth Morrow Gibson Downing. Father of James Downing Jr., Francis Downing, Margaret A. Downing, Samuel Downing, Marcus Downing, and Christopher C. Downing. Farmer in Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Fayette County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Fayette County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 238A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 1, p. 487.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 1, p. 415-6.

Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, National Society Sons of the American Revolution Applications, Louisville, Ky, Downing, National #89768, State #1134.

Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7017512, Fayette County Deaths, File #39.

"James G. Downing Sr. (1809-1865)," Find A Grave, Memorial #147926131, accessed June 24, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147926131.

Citation

Downing James, Sr.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201197 (November 12, 2026).

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