Individual Details
Hon. Ephraim McLean Ewing
(4 Dec 1790 - 11 Jun 1860)
Became Chief Justice of Kentucky.
Article from LAWYERS AND LAWMAKERS OF KENTUCKY, H. Levin, editor, 1897, p.85, has appeared online. This article gives the birthdate of Mr. Ewing as 4 Dec 1789, in Davidson Co. TN. He studied law at Transylvania University. He was prosecuting attorney in Logan Co and in 1835 was appointed one of the associated judges of the court of appeals, and as Chief Justice in April of 1843, an office in which he served until June of 1847.
Logan Co DB U; p.130 13 Aug 1835 Ephraim M. Ewing to Gilson P & George W. Ewing. Robert Ewing in his lifetime executed a deed to E. M. Ewing for a tract bet the forks of Red River known as the Ross tract, dated 16 May 1825. Sd Robert Ewing afterwards added a part of sd land so deeded to sd Ewing to the connections of land which he wished to leave to sd Gilson P. Ewing & George W. Ewing and leaving by his will devised a portion of sd land to them. E. M. Ewing feeling disposed to see the wishes of his deceased parent carried in full effect. Releases title to Gilson & George. Signed: E. M. Ewing, G. P. Ewing, Geo W. Ewing. Rec. 9 Dec 1835
[This would be Robert E. son of Robert & Mary Baker Ewing. Ephraim, Gilson & George W. Ewing all his sons.]
Events
| Birth | 4 Dec 1790 | Tennessee |  | ||
| Marriage | 8 Sep 1821 | Logan County, Kentucky - Jane POPE McIntire | | ||
| Death | 11 Jun 1860 | Logan County, Kentucky | |
Families
| Spouse | Jane POPE McIntire (1795 - 1851) |
| Child | Presley Underwood Ewing (1822 - 1854) |
| Child | Henry Quincy Ewing (1826 - 1858) |
| Child | Fayette Clay Ewing (1830 - 1831) |
| Father | Gen. Robert E. Ewing (1760 - 1832) |
| Mother | Jane McLean (1769 - 1847) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Davidson "Betsy" Ewing (1788 - 1867) |
| Sibling | Robert Allen Ewing (1792 - 1857) |
| Sibling | Polly Baker Ewing (1794 - 1873) |
| Sibling | Martha Mills "Patsy" Ewing (1796 - ) |
| Sibling | Chatham Tomlinson Ewing (1798 - 1819) |
| Sibling | Sophronia M. Ewing (1800 - 1868) |
| Sibling | Jane Howard Ewing (1804 - 1831) |
| Sibling | Gilson Payne Ewing (1807 - 1879) |
| Sibling | George Washington Ewing (1808 - 1888) |
Endnotes
1. US Census 1850 KY Digital Images online at GenealogyLibrary.
2. Logan County Kentucky Cemeteries (Logan County Genealogical Society; c1986; New Printing, January 2000), Maple Grove Cemetery, Russellville, KY, p.35..
3. Logan County Genealogical Society,Inc., Logan County Kentucky Marriages 1790-1865 (c.1981; Additions and Corrections 1985), p.29 from book 1, p.30.
4. DAR Records. Most from Logan Co KY; Yearbooks. (LDS Microfilm #0855039).
5. Logan County Kentucky Cemeteries (Logan County Genealogical Society; c1986; New Printing, January 2000), Maple Grove Cemetery, Russellville, KY, p.35..