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George W. Davis (Hopkins Co., KY, farmer)

b. 1837-06-24 d. 1914-08-18

Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Thomas Davis and Elvira Davis. Married to Sarah E. Ezell Davis in Hopkins County, Kentucky, on January 30, 1861. Father of Laura Beatrice Davis and William Davis. Student in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farm laborer in Hopkins County in 1860. Household owned eight enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1860. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1863.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 96B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 592.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 209A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Charleston, p. 91A.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War) NARA RG 110, Hopkins County, KY, July 1863, p. 13.

"George W. Davis (1837-1914)," Find A Grave, Memorial #126830298, accessed October 27, 2020, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126830298.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994039, Hopkins County Marriages.

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Davis, George W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203565 (November 12, 2026).

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