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William McGary Davis (Hopkins County, Kentucky, student and farm laborer.)

b. 1840-03-23 d. 1918-05-15

Hopkins County, Kentucky, student and farm laborer. Kentucky native. Son of Israel Davis and Dicey Woodruff Davis. Student in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farm laborer in Hopkins County in 1860. Household owns five enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 61A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 800.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 218A.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #13202.

"William McGary Davis (1840-1918)," Find A Grave, Memorial #25172663, accessed January 11, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25172663.

Citation

Davis, William McGary. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210321 (November 12, 2026).

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