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November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Correspondence, 1863-1867 KYR-0001-003-0011 BR5-14 to BR5-15

Williamstown, Grant County, Kentucky Thomas Elliott Bramlette (KY governor 1863-67, atty, D.A., col 3rd KY Inf) N001000 1817-01-03 1875-01-12 Categories: People

Twenty-third governor of Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Cumberland County, Kentucky, native. Married to Sallie Travis Bramlette in September 1837. Father of James T. Bramlette, William L. Bramlette, Eugene Bramlette, and Corrina Bell Bramlette. Practiced law in Clinton County, Kentucky, and Columbia, Kentucky. Represented Cumberland and Clinton counties in the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1841 to 1843. Commonwealth's attorney of the 8th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1848 to 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in 1850. Circuit judge of the 6th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1856 to 1861. Owned nine enslaved persons in 1860. Served as colonel of the 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) from 1861 to 1862. District attorney of the United States District Court for Kentucky in 1863. Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from September 1, 1863, to September 3, 1867. Owned law firm of Bramlette & Van Winkle in partnership with Ephraim L. Van Winkle.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, District No. 1, p. 181A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, District No. 1, p. 335 (p. 2 of 2 on microfilm). Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, The Town of Columbia 1st Division, p. 13 (p. 2 of 3 on microfilm). Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 83B. Ross A. Webb, “Thomas E. Bramlette (1863-1867)” in Lowell H. Harrison, ed., Kentucky’s Governors (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2004), 93-97 Lowell H. Harrison, "Bramlette, Thomas Elliott" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 112-13. Abram G. Wileman (Pendleton County, Kentucky doctor and major 18th Ky Inf) N00001503 1820? 1863-10-05 Categories: People

Pendleton County, Kentucky, physician and soldier. Ohio native. Married to Parthena Rice Wileman. Father of Dalton Wileman. Physician in Pendleton County, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in the Police Guard Kentucky Central Railroad as captain from November 5, 1861, to November 17, 1861. Served in the 18th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a captain and major from February 8, 1862, to February 8, 1863. Killed by James Keller in Pendleton County on October 5, 1863.

Relationships Military: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Military: 18th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: United States Army Military: Confederate States Army

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pendleton, p. 480. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 7. "Abram G. Wileman (1821-1863)," Find A Grave, Memorial 10063769, accessed May 23, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10063769. KYR-0001-005-0005. KYR-0001-004-0200. John M. Wilson (Grant County, Kentucky, physician and politician) N00017731 1832-03-07 1903-07-21 Categories: People

Grant County, Kentucky, physician and politician. Pendleton County, Kentucky, native. Son of James Wilson and Zerilda S. Thomas Wilson. Married Nannie Kerr Wilson on May 15, 1860. Father of Corrine Wilson. Graduated from the Ohio Medical College in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, in 1854. Physician in Grant County, Kentucky, in 1860. Secretary for the Union Democratic Party in Grant County in 1863.

Relationships Social: Abram G. Wileman (Pendleton County, Kentucky doctor and major 18th Ky Inf)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Williamstown, p. 989. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Williamstown, p. 602B. "Union Meeting in Grant County," Louisville Journal (Louisville, KY), March 17, 1863, p. 4. "Dr. J. M. Wilson Dead," Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), July 22, 1869, p. 4. W, H. Perrin, J. H. Battle, and G. C. Kniffin, Kentucky. A History of the State, 7th Edition (F. A. Battey and Company: Louisville, 1887), 912-3. Urial Harrison (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer and clerk) N00019213 1830-11-02 1897-03-11 Categories: People

Grant County, Kentucky, farmer and clerk. Kentucky native. Married to Mary F. Hume Harrison in Grant County, Kentucky, in 1861. Father of Charles H. Harrison. Farmer in Grant County in 1850. Household owned nine enslaved people in Grant County in 1850. Clerk in Grant County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Abram G. Wileman (Pendleton County, Kentucky doctor and major 18th Ky Inf)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 348A/B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 111. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Williamstown, p. 986. Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 14B. "Urial Harrison (1830-1897)," Find A Grave, Memorial 118764289, accessed January 24, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118764289. Thomas S. Porter (Grant County, Kentucky, schoolteacher and postmaster.) N00002603 1828? Categories: People

Grant County, Kentucky, schoolteacher and postmaster. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Merrill Porter. School teacher in Boone County, Kentucky, in 1850. Common school teacher in Grant County in 1860. Household owned one enslaved person in Grant County in 1860. School teacher in Grant County in 1863. Postmaster for Williamstown in Grant County from October 20, 1864, to August 5, 1885.

Relationships Social: Abram G. Wileman (Pendleton County, Kentucky doctor and major 18th Ky Inf)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boone County, District 2, p. 185B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 902. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 48A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Williamstown, p. 601A. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Grant County, KY, June and July 1863, p. 226. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 29730. Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Grant County, Kentucky, vol. 45, p. 170. Joseph McMillen (Grant County, Kentucky, overseer and soldier (11th KY Cav)) N00019210 1811? 1864-07-20 Categories: People

Grant County, Kentucky, overseer and soldier. Kentucky native. Overseer in Grant County, Kentucky, in 1860. Household owned five enslaved persons in Grant County in 1860. Served in the 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a blacksmith from September 22, 1862 to July 20, 1864. Captured in Blount County, Tennessee, on November 14, 1863. Prisoner of war at Andersonville Prison, in Sumter County, Georgia. Died at Andersonville Prison on July 20, 1864.

Relationships Military: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: James A. Johnson (Grant County, Kentucky, physician and soldier. 11th Kentucky Cavalry) Military: William M. Simpson (Kentucky soldier. Quarter Master 11th Kentucky) Military: Thomas Jefferson Stone (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer and sergeant (U.S.A.)) Military: Wesley C. Willhoite (Owen County, Kentucky, farmhand and soldier (11th KY CAV USA)) Military: James Hanley (Scott County, Kentucky, stonemason and soldier) Military: Benjamin F. Miller (Grant County, Kentucky, soldier) Military: Abraham W. Stone (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier - 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: Presley F. Hansbrough (Grant County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier - Capt. 11th Ky. Cav.) Military: James D. Worner (Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Military: George Ball (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Military: Edwin N. Vallandingham (Owen County, Kentucky, farm laborer and soldier (11th KY Cav and 53rd Inf)) Military: William Limbrake (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Military: Thomas Readenour (Grant County, Kentucky, farm laborer and soldier (11th KY Cav USA)) Military: John Richard True (Owen County, Kentucky, resident and soldier (11th KY Cav USA)) Military: Franklin Brown (Grant County, Kentucky, soldier (11th Cav)) Military: John J. Jump (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier (11th KY Cav USA)) Military: Sidney M. Bailey (Scott County, Kentucky, student and soldier) Military: Isaac N. Noe (Clark County, Illinois, student and soldier (11th KY Cav USA)) Military: Tullie Seward (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier (11th KY Cav USA)) Military: James A. Beard (Pendleton County, Kentucky, student and laborer) Military: Absalom Ivey (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier (11th KY Cav USA)) Military: Edley H. Ivey (Grant County, Kentucky, farm laborer and soldier (11th KY Cav USA)) Military: James Kallaher (Indianapolis, Indiana, day laborer and soldier) Military: Abraham Dunn (Harrison County, Kentucky, soldier) Military: Robert Wilson (Grant County, Kentucky, laborer and soldier (11th KY Cav, USA)) Military: William H. Onstott (Garrard County, Kentucky, soldier (11th KY Cav USA)) Military: Hughey J. Limbrake (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Military: Robert Clifton (Owen County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier (11th KY Cav USA)) Military: William Harvey Franks (Owen County, Kentucky, laborer and soldier) Military: David Blackburn (Grant County, Kentucky, farm laborer and soldier (11th KY Cav)) Military: William M. Foster (Owen County, Kentucky, cooper, farmer, and soldier (11th KY Cav)) Military: William M. Holbert (Owen County, Kentucky, farm hand and soldier) Military: Isaac B. Hendrix (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier (11th KY Cav)) Military: Henry Clay Hedges (Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier (11th KY Cav)) Military: Robert G. Marks (Grant County, Kentucky, school teacher and soldier (11th KY Cav)) Military: Nehemiah Rozel (Grant County, Kentucky, laborer and soldier (11th KY Cav, USA)) Military: William Smith (Kentucky soldier, 11th KY Cav (U.S.A.)) Military: Jasper Beagle (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier (11th KY Cav USA)) Military: William J. Greene (Grant County, Kentucky, merchant, teacher, and soldier.) Military: William Seberry Cook Sr. (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Military: James Hammons (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier) Military: Michael Scully (Scott County, Kentucky, weaver and soldier (11th KY Cav USA)) Military: William H. Edmondson (Grant County, Kentucky, studentand soldier (11th KY Cav)) Military: Richard M. Edmondson (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier (11th KY Cav)) Military: Daniel Ball (Jessamine County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier (U.S.A.)) Military: Thomas W. Page (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier (11th KY Cav)) Military: William S. Woodyard (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier (11th KY Cav)) Military: William T. Arnold (Louisville, Kentucky, student and soldier (11th KY Cav)) Military: Edward F. Robinson (Grant County, Kentucky, farm laborer and soldier (11th KY Cav)) Military: Wilson M. May (Jessamine County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier (U.S.A.)) Military: William O'Banoin (Kentucky soldier (11th KY Cav)) Military: Timothy Hanley (Scott County, Kentucky, day laborer and soldier (11th KY Cav))

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 867-8. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 37A-B. “McMillan, Joseph,” U.S., National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962, Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774-1985, NARA RG 92. "McMillian, Joseph," Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0109 "Joseph McMillan (unknown-1864)," Find A Grave, Memorial 51140469, accessed December 4, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51140469. William H. Barnett (Grant County, Kentucky, cabinet maker and carpenter) N00019177 1814? Categories: People

Grant County, Kentucky, cabinet maker and carpenter. Kentucky native. Married to Mary "Polly" Nicholson Barnett in Grant County, Kentucky, in April 1835. Father of James O. Barnett, William A. Barnett, Mary A. Barnett, Arrabel "Annie" Barnett, John W. Barnett, George Barnett, and Eliza V. Barnett. Cabinet maker in Grant County in 1850. Carpenter in Grant County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Abram G. Wileman (Pendleton County, Kentucky doctor and major 18th Ky Inf)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 347A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Williamstown, p. 987. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Grant County Marriages, Film 000266220. William George Linn (Grant County, Kentucky, resident) N00012768 1844-04-07 1906-08-30 Categories: People

Grant County, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Son of Andrew Linn and Adelia Linn. Attended school in Grant County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned four enslaved persons in Grant County in 1850. Attended school in Grant County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Abram G. Wileman (Pendleton County, Kentucky doctor and major 18th Ky Inf)

Grant County, Kentucky, clerk, attorney, and politician. Barren County, Kentucky, native. Son of Elias Smith and Elizabeth Milzener Smith. Married to Sallie C. O’Hara Smith in Grant County, Kentucky, on July 11, 1850. Father of Helen M. Smith, Lucy R. Smith, Kate Smith, and James W. Smith. Clerk in Grant County in 1850. Household owned two enslaved persons in Grant County in 1850. Clerk in the office of the Grant County Court and Grant Circuit Court from 1847 to 1852. Household owned two enslaved persons in Grant County in 1850. Deputy clerk of the Kenton Circuit Court from 1852 to 1853. Attorney in Grant County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Grant County in 1860. Member of the House of Representatives for the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Grant County from 1863 to 1865.

Relationships Social: Abram G. Wileman (Pendleton County, Kentucky doctor and major 18th Ky Inf) Social: James W. Collins (Grant County, KY, landlord) Social: Robert H. O'Hara (Williamstown, KY, clerk and infantry private CSA) Social: James O'Hara, Jr. (Kenton County, KY, attorney) Familial: Robert H. O'Hara (Williamstown, KY, clerk and infantry private CSA) Familial: James O'Hara, Jr. (Kenton County, KY, attorney) Familial: William Smith (Grant County, Kentucky, circuit ct clerk)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Williamstown, p. 360B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Williamstown, p. 114. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Williamstown, p. 990. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Williamstown, p. 41A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Williamstown, p. 601A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Grant County Marriages, Film 001490815. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Grant County, KY, June and July 1863, p. 229. Robert H. Elliston, The History of Grant County, State of Kentucky: As Compiled by Robert H. Elliston and Read by Him on the Fourth Day of July, 1876 (Williamstown, KY: Sentinel Office, 1876), 21. W.H. Perrin, J.H. Battle, and G.C. Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State, vol. 7 (Louisville, KY: F.A. Battey and Company, 1887), 886-7. William S. Rankin (Grant County, KY, State Rep) N00000208 1821-02-24 1874-03-13 Categories: People

Grant County, Kentucky, attorney and politician. Kentucky native. Son of Thomas Rankin and Gertrude Burgess Rankin. Married to Laura McClure Rankin. Father of Kate Rankin, Rowan Rankin, and John McClure Rankin. Attorney in Grant County, Kentucky, in 1850. Census enumerator in Grant County in 1850. Master of the Grant Masonic Lodge No. 85 in Grant County in 1851. Attorney in Grant County in 1860. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Grant County from 1861 to 1863.

Relationships Social: James Henry Garrard (Franklin County, Kentucky, salt maker and Kentucky state treasurer) Social: James Crockett Sayers (Kenton County, Kentucky, laborer, farmer, politician, QM & 1st lieut 32nd KY Inf USA) Social: Thomas Turner (Montgomery Co., KY, State Rep & attorney) Social: Thomas W. Owings (Meade co state rep) Social: Richard Aylett Buckner, Jr. (Lexington, KY atty, judge & speaker of State House) Social: Bryan Rust Young (Bardstown state rep) Social: John Kemp Goodloe (Woodford Co State Senator) Social: James Fisher Robinson, Jr. (QMG of KY, Gov's son) Social: Daniel Carmichael Wickliffe (Lexington, Kentucky, attorney, editor and secretary of state) Social: Joshua Tevis (Louisville, KY, State Rep & US District Atto, Col 10th Ky Cav (USA)) Social: Thomas A. Duke (Paducah State Senator & Physician) Social: Harry Innes Todd, Sr. (Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant and penitentiary keeper) Social: Richard Clough Anderson, III (Frankfort state rep) Social: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Social: Samuel E. DeHaven (Oldham County State Sen/Rep) Social: Henry Davis McHenry (Ohio Co., KY, state rep & senator) Social: Martin Pickett Marshall (Mason Co. State Senator) Social: Curtis Field Burnam (Madison County. KY, attorney & State Rep) Social: Willis W. Gardner (Union co. State Sen.) Social: Joshua Barnes (Bath Co., KY, State Rep. & doctor) Social: James Calvert (Boone County, Kentucky, sheriff and politician) Social: Richard J. Browne (Washington Co, KY, State Rep & attorney) Social: Nathaniel Wolfe (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney, Ky rep & senator) Social: William T. Samuels (Hardin Co, KY, clerk, commissioner, KY State Auditor, state rep, clerk of KY Hse of Rep) Social: Walter C. Whitaker (Shelby Co. Ky state sen; col & genl 6th Ky Inf & Army of Cumberland USA) Social: John L. Irvan (Calloway Co. state rep) Social: John R. Thomas (Marion Co., Ky, State rep & attorney) Social: Zebulon Ward (Woodford co State Rep & former penitentiary lessee) Social: John S. Van Winkle (Wayne Co state rep) Social: Elijah Gabbert (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and KY state rep) Social: Jonas Martin (Livingston and Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer and politician.) Social: Joshua Fry Bell (Boyle Co., KY, attorney & politician) Social: Isaac Price Miller (Jefferson co. farmer & politician) Social: James Speed (U.S. Atty. General, Louisville, KY atty & state senator) Social: John B. Bruner (Breckinridge Co., KY, atty & state senator) Social: Abram G. Wileman (Pendleton County, Kentucky doctor and major 18th Ky Inf)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Town of Williamstown, p. 362. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Town of Williamstown, p. 184. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Scotts Precinct, p. 307B. "An Act to Incorporate Grant Lodge, No. 85, of Free and Accepted Masons," Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky Passed at November Session, 1850, vol. 2 (Frankfort: A. G. Hodges & Co, State Printers, 1851), 396-97. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Covington, Ky.: Collins & Co., 1882), 291. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Louisville, KY, National 15378, State 828. "William Stevenson Rankin (1821-1874)," Find A Grave, Memorial 154700058, accessed January 27, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154700058. Daniel L. Cunningham (Grant County, Kentucky, wool carder.) N00012764 1833-08-22 1908 Categories: People

Grant County, Kentucky, magistrate, wool carder, and soldier. Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, native. Married to Rebecca S. Carder Cunningham in Grant County, Kentucky, in December 1854. Father of Robert O'Hara Cunningham, Albon Cunningham, Addie Cunningham, and Frank Cunningham. Magistrate in Grant County from 1854 to 1858. Wool carder in Grant County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Grant County in 1863. Served in the 32nd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a captain.

Relationships Social: Abram G. Wileman (Pendleton County, Kentucky doctor and major 18th Ky Inf) Political: Grant Circuit Court Social: Benoni Stewart (Grant County, Kentucky, merchant and master commissioner.) Legal: Grant Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Williamstown, p. 989. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Williamstown, p. 602A. Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Williamstown, p. 2D. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Grant County Marriages, Film 000266220. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 917. "D.L. Cunningham," The Williamstown Courier (Williamstown, KY), May 30, 1901. "Daniel L. Cunningham (1833-1908)," Find A Grave, Memorial 119769631, accessed January 30, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119769631. .KYR-0001-004-0305. Thomas L. Clark (Grant County, KY, broker) N00002366 1812-11-04 1892-06-24 Categories: People

Grant County, Kentucky, broker. Pendleton County, Kentucky, native. Married Eliza M. Davis in Grant County, Kentucky, on September 12, 1839. Farmer in Grant County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Grant County in 1850. Broker in Grant County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Grant County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Abram G. Wileman (Pendleton County, Kentucky doctor and major 18th Ky Inf) Social: Benoni Stewart (Grant County, Kentucky, merchant and master commissioner.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 357A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Williamstown, p. 988. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Williamstown, p. 41A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, X County Marriages, Film 001490815. Samuel Marksbury (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) N00012739 1824-01-10 1911-05-05 Categories: People

Grant County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of William Marksbury and Sally Jump Marksbury. Married Sarah Jane Reed Marksbury in Grant County, Kentucky, on August 25, 1861. Father of Albert Marksbury. Resident of Grant County in 1850. Farmer in Grant County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Abram G. Wileman (Pendleton County, Kentucky doctor and major 18th Ky Inf)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 291B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Gouge, p. 836. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Williamstown, p. 571A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Grant County Marriages, Film 001490815. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 12094. Presley T. Zinn (Grant County, Kentucky, book keeper and merchant) N00019216 1825-08-25 1914-02-15 Categories: People

Grant County, Kentucky, bookkeeper, merchant, and postmaster. Kentucky native. Son of Joseph Zinn and Nancy Taylor Zinn. Bookkeeper in Grant County, Kentucky, in 1850. Merchant in Grant County in 1860. Postmaster for Williamstown in Grant County from July 9, 1861, to October 19, 1864. Merchant in Grant County in 1863.

Relationships Social: Abram G. Wileman (Pendleton County, Kentucky doctor and major 18th Ky Inf)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Williamstown, p. 359A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Williamstown, p. 985. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Grant County, KY, June and July 1863, p. 485. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 4807. Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Grant County, Kentucky, vol. 28. John W. Zinn (Grant County, Kentucky, clerk and soldier) N00019217 1839-12-12 1874-08-29 Categories: People

Grant County, Kentucky, clerk and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Joseph Zinn and Nancy Taylor Zinn. Attended school in Grant County, Kentucky, in 1850. Clerk in Grant County in 1860. Served in the 32nd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a first lieutenant from January 26, 1863 to May 1863. Clerk in Grant County in 1863.

Relationships Familial: Presley T. Zinn (Grant County, Kentucky, book keeper and merchant) Social: Abram G. Wileman (Pendleton County, Kentucky doctor and major 18th Ky Inf)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 336B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Williamstown, p. 991. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Williamstown, p. 601A. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0403. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Grant County, KY, June and July 1863, p. 485. "John W. Zinn (1839-1874)," Find A Grave, Memorial 118762985, accessed January 24, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118762985. Williamstown, Kentucky P00002296 Categories: Places

Seat of Grant County, Kentucky.

38.6381, -84.5605 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 122. “Williamstown, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed March 3, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Grant County, Kentucky P00000938 Categories: Places

County in northern Kentucky. Seat at Williamstown.

38.6381, -84.5605 "Grant County" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 383. “Williamstown, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed March 3, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Kentucky P001800 Categories: Places

State in the upper south of the United States. Capital at Frankfort. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 14, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992). Walker County, Georgia P00008641 Categories: Places

County in northwest Georgia. Seat at LaFayette.

34.7048, -85.2819 "Walker County, Georgia" https://walkercountyga.gov/ (accessed April 1, 2021). USGS: Earth Explorer, “Walker County, Georgia," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on April 1, 2021). Confederate States Army O00000506 1861 1865 Categories: Organizations

Military forces of the Confederate States of America, administered by the Confederate War Department. Commander(s): General Robert E. Lee (1862-1865).

Relationships Military: William Harris (possible confederate soldier) Military: United States Army Military: John L. Morrison (La Salle County, Illinois, farmer and soldier) Military: Marshall Wright Chapin (Monroe County, Michigan, farmer and soldier.) Military: William E. Hobson (Warren County, Kentucky, soldier.) Military: John Hunt Morgan (Lexington, Kentucky, hemp manufacturer, Capt Lex Rifles, Col & Brig Gen' 2nd KY Cav CSA) Political: John Hunt Morgan (Lexington, Kentucky, hemp manufacturer, Capt Lex Rifles, Col & Brig Gen' 2nd KY Cav CSA) Military: [Unknown] Cameron (Confederate soldier) Military: Richard Montgomery Gano (Texas, Confederate brigadier general) Military: Jefferson Davis (CS President) Military: Confederate States of America Military: Congress of the Confederate States of America Military: Provisional Council Military: Provisional Government of Kentucky Political: Provisional Council Military: The People's Bank of Kentucky Military: Branch Bank of the Farmers' Bank at Princeton Military: Bank of Kentucky Branch at Hopkinsville Military: Committee on Banks Military: Northern Bank of Kentucky Branch at Glasgow Military: Bank of Kentucky Branch at Bowling Green Political: John Watkins Crockett, Jr. (McCracken & Henderson cos, KY, attorney and representative (Confederate)) Political: John Burton Thompson, Jr. (Harrodsburg, Kentucky, Provis Govt page) Political: James Preston Bates (Barren Co, Ky, attorney, postmaster, and prov govt) Political: Joseph B. Burnside (Garrard County, KY, trader, prov govt council rep ) Political: Horatio Washington Bruce (Jefferson County, KY, Representative (Confederate), attorney) Political: Eli Metcalfe Bruce (Kentucky merchant, philanthropist, soldier, Representative (Confederate)) Political: Jordan T. C. Moore (Todd Co, Ky, farmer, minister, and prov govt) Military: Marion Larrison (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav) Military: John W. Houze (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav USA) Military: James H. Orr (Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer, justice of the peace, sergeant and second lieutenant (C.S.A.) ) Military: Reddick Nichols (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and)

Henry Putney Beers, The Confederacy: A Guide to the Archives of the Government of the Confederate States of America (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1968, reprinted 1986), 259. 18th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00002378 1862-02-08 1865-04-04 Categories: Organizations

Organized in north-central Kentucky. Mustered into service on February 8, 1862. Mustered out of service on April 4, 1865. Commander(s): Colonel William A. Warner, Lieutenant Colonel John J. Landrum, and Lieutenant Colonel H. K. Milward.

Relationships Military: Samuel G. Rogers (Nicholas County constable, farmer, soldier) Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: Abram G. Wileman (Pendleton County, Kentucky doctor and major 18th Ky Inf)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 2-17. Frederick Henry Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, (Des Moines: Dyer Publishing Company, 1908), p. 1205. United States Army O00001186 1775 Categories: Organizations

The organization of infantry, cavalry, and artillery military units in the United States government. Commander(s): Winfield Scott, George B. McClellan, Henry W. Halleck, and Ulysses S. Grant.

Relationships Military: James Olney (possible U. S. soldier) Military: Joel Adams (Lincoln County, KY, farmer & pvt 19th KY Inf USA) Military: Joseph Innes (possible Lincoln County, KY, soldier) Military: Richard D. Cunningham (Colonel, U.S. Army) Military: Edward Baker, Jr. (Caldwell County, Kentucky, soldier and saloon owner) Military: Crawford C. Adams (Paulding County, Ohio, resident and soldier.) Military: 14th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A) Military: Office of the Quartermaster General of Kentucky Military: J. K. Edwards (Kentucky, aid to Bramletter, "colonel") Military: Jeremiah Tilford Boyle (Union general, Boyle Co, KY attorney, pres Lou City Railway Co) Military: Marcellus Mundy (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Louisville, Kentucky, attorney and soldier) Military: Army of the Ohio Military: Military District of Kentucky Military: Luther Thayer Thustin (Louisville US Army Paymaster) Military: Hartwell T. Burge (Muhlenberg, Kentucky, Meth minister; chaplain 3rd KY Cav; colonel 48th KY Inf; comd'r Dpt of OH 1864) Military: Alexander Magruder (Jefferson County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier) Military: Charles David Pennebaker (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney, KY state rep & senator; col 27th KY Inf USA & state military agent) Military: John F. Lay (Breckinridge, KY, soldier) Military: James Murrell Shackelford (Hopkins County, KY, attorney, colonel 25th Inf, 8th Ky Cav, and brig gen. in 1863) Military: Washington Seawell (Union Army, colonel and mustering officer) Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: Edmund A. Starling (Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, resident and Colonel (U.S.A.)) Military: 35th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war) Military: Thomas McCurdy Vincent (US Assistant adjutant general, Brigadier General (U.S.A.) ) Military: William Forman (Clark County, Kentucky, laborer and soldier.) Military: Presley Kimbrell (Powell County, Kentucky, carpenter and soldier.) Economic: William Bird Holeman (Frankfort City Marshal and KY Public Printer) Political: Government of the United States of America Military: Marion Larrison (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav) Military: John W. Houze (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav USA) Military: John Royalty (Barren County, Kentucky, barkeeper) Military: Henry W. Royalty (Barren County, KY, resident) Military: John Mason Marcus (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Military: Edward Davis Townsend (Assistant Adjutant General (U.S.Army)) Military: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) Military: Office of Quartermaster of U. S. Army Military: United States War Department Military: Horatio Phillips Van Cleve (Todd County, Minnesota, farmer and soldier (2nd Minn. and General U.S. A.)) Military: [Unknown] Johnson () Military: Wiley Taul Poynter (Clark County, Kentucky, farmer, banker, and soldier) Military: Lowdy Howard (Jefferson County, Kentucky, apprentice ship carpenter, tobacconist and soldier) Military: Thornton Williams (Scott County, Kentucky, soldier. Formerly enslaved by Urias Offutt, accused of attempted murder.) Political: Urias M. Offutt (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer. and slaveholder.) Military: Robert Crooke Wood (Washington D.C., assistant surgeon general, 1854-1865) Military: Madison Mills (New York County, New York, surgeon. US army medical director in St. Louis, MO) Military: Charles Carroll Gray (Ontario County, New York, surgeon. ) Military: Henry Wager Halleck (U.S. Army soldier) Military: Andrew Jackson Smith (United States Army career soldier and commander) Military: Thomas Harvey Harris (Jefferson County, Indiana, book rubber and soldier. Military mayor of Memphis, 1864-1865.) Military: Stephen Augustus Hurlbut (Belvidere, Illinois, lawyer, representative, and soldier) Military: Edward H. Green (Dearborn County, Indiana, attorney and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Cav)

Richard W. Stewart, ed. American Military History (Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, 2009). Williamstown, Grant County, Kentucky 1863-10-07 Correspondence English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.

Williamstown Grant County Ky. Oct 7th 1863. Gov. Bramlette.

There has been a band of Rebel Banditi perpetrating all kinds of outrages, in this and adjoining counties for several months Loyal citizens have been robed of their property and a reign of terror exists in many localities, and when the parties were arrested they claim to be Rebel Soldiers and have been permitted ^(in many instances)^ to take the Oath and return home while others have been exchanged and soon returne to renew their depredations, and on Sunday night their villians culminated in the cold blooded murder of Major Wildman of the 18th Ky v. o. I. who had come home to remain until a wound healed, received while gallantly leading his Regiment in the late Battle of Chickamauga.

There was no truer patriot nor more gallant Officer in the Service. Something must be done to stop their proceedings, and we appeal to you to procure the issueing of an order holding Rebels responsible in life and property for all murders & roberies in their vicinity or such other orders as you think necessary under the circumstances If measures to attain the desired result

are not inaugerated by the proper authoritys we will be compelled to defend ourselves and avenge the fall of our friends.

John. M. Wilson

U Harrison T. S. Porter J. A, McMillon W, H, Barnett W Geo Linn E. H. Smith W S Rankin D L Cunningham T. L. Clark S Marksberry -- P T Zinn J. W. Zinn