Provisional Government of the State of Kentucky, Journal
1861-11-18
- Date of Creation
- November 18, 1861
- Place of Creation
- Russellville, Logan County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Journal
- Repository
- Filson Historical Society
- Collection
- Kentucky Confederate Provisional Government Journal
- Box / Folder
- p. 3-6
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0004-033-0001
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Citation
Provisional Government of the State of Kentucky, Journal, 1861-11-18, Kentucky Confederate Provisional Government Journal, Filson Historical Society. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0004-033-0001 (November 12, 2026).
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Proceedings of the Convention held at Russellville
Pursuant to a call issued by the Southern Conference held in Russellville on the
The Convention assembled in [...] College at 10 O'Clock A. M. and was called to order by Hon H. C. Burnett, of Trigg County, after which a permanent organization was had by the unanimous election of the following Officers
President Henry C. Burnett of Trigg County
Secretary R. McKee of Louisville
Assistant Secretarys T. L. Burnett T. S. Bryan
Door Keeper W. M. Clark of Logan County
Chaplain Rev. Mr Thomas of [...] County
On motion of P. B. Thompson of Mercer County the rules of the House of Representatives of the Kentucky Legislature, as far as applicable, were adopted for the government of the Convention.
On motion of George W. Johnson the Convention went into Secret Session.
The following names were reported from the various Counties as Members of the Convention
| Anderson County | J. H. D. McKee Jas. A McBrayer | ||
| Boyle " | J. H McBride | ||
| Breckenridge " | J. T. Morehead. A. H. Peyton | ||
| Barren " | J. P. Bates R. W. Thomas N A. Thomas | ||
| " | W H. Edwards Jas. Evans W. F. Bell [...] Clark, Marius Lisle. | ||
| County of McLane | J. L. Gregory, Jno. J. [Devin] | ||
| Washington | R. A Breckenridge | ||
| Marshall | Dr E. C Dyers J. C. Gilbert | ||
| Woodford | J. H. Arnett S. Lyon Thos. Steele | ||
| Lyons | Giles L. Cobb W. B. Machen R L. Cobb G. R.. Merritt | ||
| Oldham | Owen Dorsey J. P. Miller J. B. Gathrig |
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| County of Jefferson | B. H. Hornsby Jack Jones |
| " " " | H. C Merriwether G. Malcolm |
| " " Henderson | R. P. Duncan J. W. Crockett Owen Glass |
| " " Monroe | Z. McDaniel |
| " " Jessamine | W. H McDaniel |
| " " Caldwell | J. M. Pierce W. N. Gaither |
| " " Mercer | P. B. Thompson |
| " " Scott | G. W JohnSon |
| " " Livingston | C Bennett |
| " " Meade | Dr McCarty |
| " " Franklin | J. L. Gibbons A. T. Dudley G. B. Burnley |
| " " Crittenden | Wm Wallace P. C. Barnett T. T. Barnett |
| " " Hopkins | L. M. Lowe A. R. Bradley, W. L. Jenkins |
| " " Hardin | Wm Johnston G. W. Maxon R. S. Forde |
| " " Grayson | J. J. Cunningham |
| " " Kenton | D. P. Buckner, A Madeira |
| " " Logan | W. A. Byrne J. M. Beal, W. M. Clark |
| " " " | W. B. Morton Jr. Herman Wood |
| " " " | J. W Malone C. N. Pendleton E. C. Watson |
| " " " | W. P. Evans, D. G. Gooch |
| " " Bourbon | W. R. Cunningham W. P. Bramblett |
| " " Marion | L. M. Ray W. E. Ray |
| " " Trimble | W. D. Ray J. T. NewKirk |
| " " Todd | D. M. Christian, C. W. Bailey C. W. Nan |
| " " " | S. W. Kennedy J. A. Russell |
| " " " | W. B. Harrison, T. W. Kimbrough |
| " " " | J. P. Bellensly F. A. Anderson N. E. Kay |
| " " " | L. Arnold, B. R. Hester, J. Richmond |
| " " " | W. Henry, T. Landry, M. G. Kimbrough |
| " " " | J. Small, J T. Clark G. Terry |
| " " " | L. W. Garth, S. Small, J. B. Estes |
| " " " | G. W. Cash J. T. C. Moore J. W. Chiles |
| " " Ballard | W. M. Coffee, W. T. Owsley J. H. Bowmans |
| " " Trigg | R Wooldridge W. H. Martin |
| " " " | Andrew Cunningham, Robert McKee |
| " " " | H. C. Burnett A. H. Peston |
| " " McCracken | W. G. Bullitt A. T. Williams |
| " " " | Alfred Boyd H. L. Jones A T. ThompSon |
| " " Warren | T. D Blackburn Jno. Burnam C McKinsey |
| " " Simpson | W. J. Williams M. B. Clarke |
| " " Spencer | T. L. Burnett |
| City of Louisville | |
| " " 1st Dist | E. D. Ricketts |
| " " 2nd " | J. A. Penton J. G. P. Hooe G. P. Talbott |
| " " 3rd " | Blanton Duncan |
| " " 4th " | R. McKee John Joyce H. W. Bruce |
| " " Union | Capt Barnett [...] Phillips |
| " " " | R. D. Spalding B M Winston |
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| County of Union | W. Payne |
| " " Muhlenburg | W W Ward R. Russell |
| " " Nelson | W. E. Minor J C Brodhead |
| " " Owen | J. J. Conover Jr |
| " " Henry | B. W. Jenkins W. A. Shuck |
| " " Hart | H S. Showdy J. J. Graves W. W. Thompson |
| " " Boone | S. S. Scott |
| " " Carroll | H. L. Giltner |
| " " Gallatin | J. J. Greene |
| " " Christian | Jno. J. Thomas, Jno F Bell, S. Edwards |
| " " " | H. S. Sypert, T. S. Bryan Jas. W. Moore |
| " " " | Isaac Sanders S. G. Buckner, Ben Perry |
| " " " | L. H. Chilton Henry Lavall Dr J. Wheeler |
| Shelby | Richard Long |
| Calloway | T. M. Jones G. W. Wills D. Matthewson |
| " " " | P. M. Boaz J. S. Gardner W. S. Rouland |
| " " " | W. Gardner |
| " " " | H. H. Miller P. S. Hamlen A. J Beal |
| " " " | W. T. Mathis A. D. Halsapple S. D. Bowers |
| " " " | W H. Curd S. Halsapple A. J. Halland |
| " " " | J. W. Robertson A. S. Thompson J. C McCurtain |
| " " " | R. C. Linn, W. J. Calhoun Joel H. Card |
| " " " | Robert Wilkensen, R. Grogan, Peter Williams |
| " " " | A. Wessen C. A. Duncan, J. W. Russell, |
| " " " | W M Chandler |
| " " Davies | Rev J. S. Scobee Geo W. Triplett, |
| " " " | [...] Noel [...] Hawes |
| " " Taylor | D. Willock |
| " " Fulton | R. D. Alexander W. J. Lunsford |
| " " " | R. C. Prather A. D. Kingman |
| " " Metcalfe | E. R. Woodford |
| " " Graves | W. S. Stevens A. R. Boone Henry M. Rose |
| " " " | John Ridgway Jas. Scopp John Pirtle |
| " " " | J. D. Scopp, L. S. Slayden |
| " " Nicholas | Eli M. Bruce |
| " " Hancock | W. T. Hawes |
| " " Bullit | Phil Lee |
| " " Campbell | R. E. Pitt G. B. Hodge |
| " " Fayett | R. J. Breckenridge |
| " " Mason | T B. Darragh |
| " " Montgomery | S. D. Everett |
| " " Woodford | J. H. Smith |
On motion of G. W. Johnson of Scott County a committee of ten was appointed to report business for the consideration of the Convention The President constituted the committee as follows: G. W. Johnson W. B. Machen, J. W. Crockett J. P. Bates P. B. Thompson, T. L. Burnett, H. W. Bruce J. L. Gibbons
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J. H. D. McKee and H. L. Giltner. By a vote of the Convention the President (H. C. Burnett) was added to the Committee.
The Convention then took a recess until 7 O'Clock P. M.
Evening Session
The Convention re-assembled at 7 O'Clock. The President being absent John Barnam of Warren County was called to the chair
The business committee reported progress, and asked leave to sit again which was granted- It being intimated informally to the Convention that the Committee were in favor of organizing at once a Provisional Government for the State of Kentucky and would so report a resolution was introduced declaring it as the sense of the convention that such a government should now be organized which after some discussion was adopted
And then the Convention adjourned