Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Rowan County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Margaret Purvis. Father of America Purvis, Frances Josephine Purvis, Martha A. Purvis, and Alice Purvis. Farmer in Rowan County in 1860. Served in the 40th Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from September 29, 1863, to December 30, 1864.

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Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rowan County, p. 618.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rowan County, Morehead, p. 117A.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 439.

Citation

Purvis, George W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211322 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
Benjamin Daniel Lacy et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
1863-12-12

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