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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-0001-003-0062 BR5-97

Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky James D. Landrum (Trigg and Graves County, Kentucky, physician.) N00018395 1822-10-01 1905-01-09 Categories: People

Trigg and Graves County, Kentucky, physician. Kentucky native. Married to Catherine E.S. Robbins Landrum in Trigg County, Kentucky, on August 11, 1850. Father of William Landrum, Thomas Landrum, Mary Landrum, Louisa Landrum, and John Landrum. Physician in Trigg County in 1850. Physician in Graves County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Graves County in 1860. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from the First District from 1863 to 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, District 2, p. 337B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, District 2. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, p. 333. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, p. 49A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, Mayfield, p. 213A. Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (1864), December 7, 1863 - February 22, 1864 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1864), 4. Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (1865), January 4, 1865 - June 5, 1865 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1865), 4. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Trigg County Marriages, Film #000321335, p. 134. "James D. Landrum (1822-1905)," Find A Grave, Memorial #72685258, accessed August 9, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72685258. Thomas P. Hays (Ballard County, Kentucky, politician) N00001356 1829-08-13 1896-09-23 Categories: People

Ballard County, Kentucky, politician. Pennsylvania native. Married to Mary C. Hays. Father of Lou Eddy Hays. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky for Ballard County from 1863 to 1865. Member of the Union Party in 1863.

Relationships Political: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Social: William Keel Hall (Hickman County, Kentucky, resident.)

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ballard County, Corporation of Milburn, p. 495A. Lewis Collins, Collins’ Historical Sketches of Kentucky. History of Kentucky (Covington: Collins & Co., 1874), 39. "Kentucky Legislature," Daily Commonwealth (Frankfort, Ky.), December 11, 1863, p. 2. Find A Grave, "Thomas Pease Hays (1829-1896)," Memorial #126136823, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=126136823&ref=acom (accessed September 21, 2017). F. M. Ray (Hickman County, KY, attorney) N00006777 1822? Categories: People

Hickman County, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Married to Martha Ray. Father of Ada J. Ray, Robert M. Ray. Attorney in Hickman County in 1860. Attorney in Hickman County in 1863.

Relationships Social: William Keel Hall (Hickman County, Kentucky, resident.)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hickman County, Town of Clinton, p. 498. KYR-0001-004-0098. William Keel Hall (Hickman County, Kentucky, resident.) N00018388 1825? Categories: People

Hickman County, Kentucky, resident. Tennessee native. Son of Jonathan Hall. Married to Martha A. Winn Hall. Father of William Keel Hall Jr. and John Franklin Hall. Resident of Hickman County, Kentucky, in 1864.

Relationships Social: Francis M. Ray (Hickman County, KY, attorney) Social: Thomas P. Hays (Ballard County, Kentucky, politician) Social: James Landrum (McLean County, Kentucky, hotel keeper)

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hickman County, Columbus, p. 1. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #9387. Memorial Record of Western Kentucky, Vol. 1 (Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1904), 168. KYR-0001-003-0063. Frankfort, Kentucky P00000308 Categories: Places

Capital of Kentucky. Seat of Franklin County, Kentucky. Located on the Kentucky River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 16, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 108. 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). Kentucky State Militia O00000916 1792 Categories: Organizations

The Kentucky State Militia consisted of two principal branches, active and enrolled. From its founding, the Commonwealth of Kentucky operated a county-based, universally enrolled militia consisting of all white males of military age. The active militia, consisting of volunteer companies, was organized in 1860 as the Kentucky State Guard.

Relationships Military: Alexander W. Nickell (Morgan County, Kentucky, farmer, laborer and soldier) Military: 65th Regiment of Kentucky Militia (U.S.A.) Military: Office of the Inspector General of Kentucky Military: Military Board of Kentucky Military: Sebastian C. Vick (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, carpenter and soldier.) Military: [Unknown] Mitchell (Mason County, Captain of State Guard Unit) Economic: John B. Lindsey (Versailles, Kentucky, farmer, paymaster & organizer for KY militia) Military: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Military: Samuel G. Suddarth (Adair Co, KY, atty, Quarter-master general of KY) Economic: James F. Tureman (Kenton County, KY, bookkeeper and Quartermaster 22nd Infty USA) Military: James F. Tureman (Kenton County, KY, bookkeeper and Quartermaster 22nd Infty USA) Economic: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Economic: William Stewart (Clerk for Kentucky Inspector General) Military: J. K. Edwards (Kentucky, aid to Bramletter, "colonel") Military: Thomas Hall (Washington County, KY, farmer and soldier) Military: James W. Wilkins (Hopkins County, Kentucky, merchant) Military: John H. Frost (Hopkins County, KY, farmer and pvt of 25th, corp thru capt 17th KY Infantry USA) Military: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Military: Goldman H. Goodman (Anderson County, KY, physician) Military: James A. Hawkins (Anderson County, KY, paymaster ) Military: William Morrison (Clinton County, KY, farmer) Military: William C. Wood (Clinton County, KY, farmer) Military: George W. Mathews (Anderson County, Kentucky, police judge) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Richard G. Stone, “Kentucky State Guard,” The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 513. Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky 1864-01-20 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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January the 20th 1864 Capital Hotell (No 36 Frankfort Ky -- Mess Landrum Hays & Ray -- Gentlemen

in answer to your request I will State that my proposition is to raise a Regiment of Cavalry for the State defence of Kentucky

I have the honor to be your obeditant Servant

W K Hall