Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

George W. Ewing Document, Accession # 2001.35, Special Collections, Kegley Library, Wytheville Community College, Wytheville, VA

Acquisition Information

Donated by Ruth Ann Chitwood in 2001 as part of the W. R. Chitwood Collection.

Biographical Information

Born in Logan County, Kentucky on 29 November 1808, Ewing married Nannie L. Williams in 1846. Ewing, a wealthy Whig planter and lawyer, served in the state legislature from 1862 to 1865 and also represented his state in the provisional Confederate Congress from the 4th District. Voters also elected him to two terms in the Confederate House of Representatives where he was an ardent supporter of President Jefferson Davis. After the war ended Ewing eschewed politics political office, preferring farming. He died near Adairville, Kentucky on 20 May 1888.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of a letter written by George Ewing, Confederate House of Representatives, Richmond, Virginia to Colonel Huey dated 19 January 1864. Ewing requests his support for his candidacy to represent Kentucky in the House of Representatives. The Colonel Huey mentioned could possibly be Col. James K. Huey (b. 1827) of the 13th Kentucky Cavalry, C. S. A. of Livingston County, Kentucky. Huey, a prominent lawyer and politician in antebellum Kentucky, also had family ties with the influential Calhoun family in South Carolina and Kentucky.