First Name: Joseph
Last Name: Downey
Family Code: 33485
Birth Year: 1836
State Born In: KY
Occupation: Farmer
Owner 1 Name: Isaac Owings
Owner Code: W13779
State: KY
Year transferred: 1831
Transfer Code: WI
Owner 2 Name: Ruth Owings
Owner 2 Code: Alternate Code: W04524Z
State: KY
Transfer Code: MG
Owner 3 Name: John Downey
Owner 3 Code: W04524
State: KY County: JE
Year transferred: 1864
Transfer Code: EN
Owner 4 Name: Federal Army
Owner 4 Code: Z1000
Mother’s Name:
Father’s Name:
Married? FALSE
Enlisted? TRUE
Unit: 6th Cavalry USCT Company K
Enlistment Year: 1864
Notes:
Draftee Claim (made by Ruth Owings Downey): “I inherited (him) from my father Isaac Owings of Jefferson County who died in 1831”
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