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James R. Ewing (Adair County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1836-07-23 d. 1881-04-17

Adair County, Kentucky, farmer and stock trader. Kentucky native. Son of Elizabeth Ewing. Married to Nancy J. Ewing. Father of Lucy A. Ewing, James W. Ewing, and Frances Ewing. Resident of Adair County in 1850. Household owned eight enslaved persons in Adair County in 1850. Farmer in Adair County in 1860. Stock trader in Adair County in 1863.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, District 1, p. 42A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, 1st District, p. 48.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, District 1, p. 116.
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), Adair County, KY, July 1863, p. 144 (Accessed via ancestry.com).
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, Columbia, p. 53A.
Find A Grave, "James R. Ewing (1836-1881)," Memorial #88639410, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88639410 (accessed May 18, 2020).

Citation

Ewing, James R.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209552 (November 12, 2026).

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