Correspondence

Granville Pearl to Thomas E. Bramlette

1864-01-19

Date of Creation
January 19, 1864
Place of Creation
London, Laurel County, Kentucky
Document Genre
Correspondence
Repository
Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
Collection
Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Correspondence, 1863-1867
Box / Folder
BR5-112
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-003-0066
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32202805
People
Parrot, Armsted
Pearl, Granville
Eve, John G.
Eve, Milton
McFarland, Robert W.
Bramlette, Thomas Elliott
McHayne, William
Places
Kentucky
Knox County, Kentucky
Laurel County, Kentucky
London, Kentucky
Ohio
Organizations
86th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment Reorganized
Dates
1864-01-19
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Citation

Granville Pearl to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1864-01-19, Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Correspondence, 1863-1867, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-003-0066 (November 12, 2026).

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Head-Quarters Provost Marshal,
EIGHTH DISTRICT, KENTUCKY.
London Jan 19th 1864
Gov Bramlett
Dear sir

this day the 86th Ohio six month men passed through this place forcibly taking with them a Slave belonging to Col John G Eve Armsted Parrot & Milton Eve of Knox and William McHayne of Laurel and various other slaves of Knox & Laurel their time has expired and these slaves who all belonged to Loyal Union men some of them were taken by their Owners and the agints of their owners from this Regment and were retaken by this command can they not be prevented from takeing them from this State to Ohio can you cause these slaves to retained

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for the benefit of their owners and these men ^who have commited these depradations^ arrested for their misconduct

yours Respt
Granville Pearl

P S they were Commanded by Leutenant Col McFarland