Catlettsburg Ky
Sept 23^d 1864
Dear Sir

Yours of the 16th ult is to hand and contents noted and in obedience to directions I Give you the names of the Justices of Floyd County as far as remembered also the name of the Clerk and County Judge

Ans^d

(1) County Judge,, James P. Harris
commissioned in place of David Cooly —

County & Circuit Court Clerk
2 John G Johns

Justices of the Peace
3 James P. Stephens
4 J,, R,, Langley

The old Justices are all acting in all the districts except in the 2^d 5^th & 8 districts; those districts you Know in which no elections have been held the old Justives hold their offices until their suces sucessors are Elected and qualified see Revised statute Page 431 & 2 and constitution of Ky Page 138 sect 34 I am unable to give you all the names of the Justices before whoever Pension & Bounty Claims have been Seen to; the two above named I remember from hearing their names

I desire your official Certificate to the official Character of each of the within and as many [thus] as your office shows as commissioned in 1861 except in districts N^os 2 5 & 8 in which Elections have been since held Also your official Certificate for John G. Johns the clerk and James P. Harris the C^o Judge this is all the information I am able to give you, hoping to hear from you soon favourably I

am Dear Sir very
Respectfully your
friend
John M,, Burns

To
James R,, Page
Asst secratay
Frankfort
Ky