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Matthew C. Givens (Hopkins County, KY, farmer and attorney )

b. 1833?

Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer and attorney. Kentucky native. Son of James K. Givens and Elizabeth R. Givens. Married to Catherine H. Givens. Father of Duncan C. Givens. Farmer in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned eleven enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1850. Attorney in Hopkins County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Hopkins County 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. 67B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 692.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 704.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 215A.

Citation

Givens, Matthew C.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210331 (November 12, 2026).

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