Person

William H. McGary (Hopkins County, ky, farmer and merchant)

b. 1827-09-29 d. 1903-03-13

Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer and merchant. Kentucky native. Son of Elizabeth McGary. Married to Virginia McGary. Father of Annie McGary, and Fannie McGary. Farmer in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned three enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1850. Merchant in Madisonville in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Madisonville in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 89A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 680.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 831.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 221A.

"William H. McGary Sr. (1827-1903)," Find A Grave, Memorial #60981015, accessed September 30, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60981015

Citation

McGary, William H.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207374 (November 12, 2026).

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