W. Taylor et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
1864-08-03
- Date of Creation
- August 3, 1864
- Place of Creation
- Owingsville, Bath County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Petition
- Repository
- Kentucky Department of Military Affairs
- Collection
- Active Militia Records - Capital Guards, North Cumberland Btn., and Three Forks Btn.
- Box / Folder
- Box 76, Folder 864-865 1st REGT CAPITAL GUARDS CO F Frankfort Bn CORRESPONDENCE
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0002-060-0011
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32212606
- People
- Cartmill, Charles H.
- Honaker, Charles Wesley
- Harper, Daniel
- Wells, Edmund
- Fleming, Eli W.
- Coyle, George L.
- Spencer, George
- Shrout, J. David
- Dawson, James
- Warren, James L.
- Trumbo, John A.
- Warner, John J.
- Cartmill, John M.
- Miller, John
- Swetnam, Joseph T.
- Fleming, Joshua J.
- Jones, Mathew G.
- Kenida, Mikel
- Markland, Nathaniel
- Goodpaster, Perry
- Traylor, Reuben
- Donaldson, Richard
- Sharpe, Richard G.
- Noland, Richard
- Coulthard, Robert
- Donaldson, Robert
- Tipton, Robert Letcher
- Hodge, Samuel D.
- McQuithy, Samuel
- See, Samuel O.
- Hoard, Stephen G.
- Bramlette, Thomas Elliott
- Donaldson, Thomas Fletcher
- Daugherty, Thomas P.
- Pervis, Thomas
- Warren, W.
- Taylor, Wesley
- Cartmill, William W.
- Organizations
- Government of the United States of America
Citation
W. Taylor et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1864-08-03, Active Militia Records - Capital Guards, North Cumberland Btn., and Three Forks Btn., Kentucky Department of Military Affairs. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0002-060-0011 (November 12, 2026).
OwingSville
Bath co Ky.
His. Excellency
Thos E. Bramlett.
Gov. of Ky.
HonYour petitioners would most Respectfully state that our County is infested with the most desperate men that is known in this war Union Citizens are compell to seek there corn fields of a night to save there lifes Selves from Brutal Murder. infact a great many are leaving there homes [...]and families at the mercy of such men- but there frequent and Desperate murders cannot have failed to have met your notice
the Government has so fer failed to give us protection although we have sent many of our best men in the field, we can now only look to you for protection and we most Earnestly pray that you send us a suficient no of state troops —.we beleave with Capt. W. Werens Co- usour ^county^ could be keept perfactly quiet —
W Taylor
John Miller Jailor
R. Coulthard Clk, B, C,
Samuel McQuithy
George Spencer
George Coyle [...]
Jas. L.. Warren
C W Honaker
R, L, Tifton
Daniel Harper S B C
Wm, W, Cartmill
C H Cartmill
Col E W Fleming
J J Fleming
John M, Cartmill
Fletcher Donaldson
Richard Donaldson
Mikel Kenida
J, A, Trumbo
S G Hart
Edmund Wells
J. D. Shrout
Reuben Traylor
M G Jones
R. G. Sharpe
Richard norlen
Perry Goodpaster
Nathaniel Markland
John J Warner
Samuel Lee
Thos Pervis
Jos T Swetmane
S, D, Hodge
Thos, P. Daugherty
James Dawson
Owingsville Bath Co. Ky.
Taylor. W. Miller Jno & c.
Giving the reasons why troops should be stationed in their County. And requesting that Warren.s Company be sent for their protection To the Gov. and by him referred with this endorsement. "We have no State troops to send. Capt Warren is of what command?"
Recd I. G. O.