Person

Robert Downing (Mason County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1826-12-13 d. 1898-09-28

Mason County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Jane Downing. Resident of Mason County in 1860. Household owned three enslaved persons in Mason County in 1860. Farmer in Mason County in 1863

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 3, p. 207.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 3, p. 21A.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Mason County, Sub-district 6, KY, October 1863, p. 39, p. 42 of 175 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com).

Find A Grave, "Robert Downing (1826-1898)," Memorial #140585833, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140585833 (accessed May 2, 2018).

Citation

Downing, Robert. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202329 (November 12, 2026).

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