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George D. McGowan (Caldwell county, ky, farm laborer, pvt and corporal in 3rd ky mtd inf (csa))

b. 1836-01-11 d. 1871-12-03

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Caroline McGowan. Student in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned five enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Farm laborer Princeton in 1860. Served in the 3rd Kentucky Mounted Infantry (C.S.A.) as a private and corporal from August 19, 1861 to April 8, 1864. Reported as deserted from Princeton on April 8, 1864. Signed a loyalty oath to the U. S. government on April 15, 1864.

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Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 279A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 816.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 24.

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0093.

"George David McGowan (1836-1871)," Find A Grave, Memorial #18628295, accessed July 14, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18628295.

Citation

McGowan, George D.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204281 (November 12, 2026).

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