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James Ewing Gibson (Owsley County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1814-04-23 d. 1883-07-08

Owsley County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Bethany Gibson. Father of William Gibson, China Gibson, Letitia Gibson, Zacheriah Gibson, and Daniel B. Gibson. Farmer in Owsley County in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Owsley County in 1860.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owsley County, p. 1.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Owsley County, p. 1.

Find A Grave, "James Ewing (April 23, 1814-July 8, 1883)," Memorial #67793257, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67793257 (accessed September 18, 2018).

Citation

Gibson, James Ewing. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209828 (November 12, 2026).

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