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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-0001-003-0099 BR5-162 to BR5-163

Washington, District of Columbia Samuel G. Suddarth (Adair Co, KY, atty, Quarter-master general of KY) N00000946 1822? Categories: People

Adair County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Amanda F. Baker Suddarth in Adair County, Kentucky, on January 18, 1848. Father of Clay Suddarth and Tyler Suddarth. Married to Nancy B. Baker Suddarth in April 1859. Father of Samuel Suddarth and James Suddarth. Attorney in Adair County in 1850. Attorney in Adair County in 1860. Quartermaster general of Kentucky from September 1, 1863, to January 13, 1866.

Relationships Military: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Military: Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky Military: Kentucky Volunteers Military: Kentucky State Guard Military: Office of the Quartermaster General of Kentucky Political: G. T. Spillman (Captain, Franklin County) Military: G. T. Spillman (Captain, Franklin County) Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: Jones A. Crawford (Lincoln County, Kentucky, farmer and pvt/1st Lieu Cav USA) Military: William D. Ratcliffe (Bracken Co, Ky, tavern keeper & capt 10th Cav USA) Military: 10th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Economic: United States Department of the Treasury Economic: John C. Wilson (Washington, D.C., printer and clerk.) Economic: Charles David Pennebaker (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney, KY state rep & senator; col 27th KY Inf USA & state military agent) Military: United States Army Military: J. R. Hutchinson (Kentucky, acting surgeon (U.S.A.)) Economic: John B. Lindsey (Versailles, Kentucky, farmer, paymaster & organizer for KY militia) Economic: William A. Gaines (Frankfort, Kentucky, postmaster) Economic: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Economic: William Stewart (Clerk for Kentucky Inspector General) Economic: James Heron Graham (Frankfort, KY, telegraph operator) Military: Isaac Webb Scott (Louisville, Kentucky, physician, lieut col 5th KY Cav USA, and state surgeon general) Economic: Office of the Quartermaster General of Kentucky Military: George Frederick Armor (Baltimore, Md, lieutenant and qm (U.S.A.)) Economic: William Bowling (Carter County, Kentucky, farmer, attorney, and politician.) Military: John McAuley Palmer (Military Governor of Kentucky) Political: Wiley Taul Poynter (Clark County, Kentucky, farmer, banker, and soldier) Economic: Bank of Kentucky Branch at Frankfort

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, District 2, 60A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, District 1, p. 153. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 27493. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994027, Adair County Births. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Adair County Marriages, Film 000830576. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), vii. Charles David Pennebaker (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney, KY state rep & senator; col 27th KY Inf USA & state military agent) N00002582 1825-11-03 1888-06-21 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, attorney, soldier, and politician. Nelson County, Kentucky, native. Married to Anne Eliza Elliott Pennebaker in Nelson County, Kentucky, on November 8, 1851. Father of Charles Pennebaker, Lulie Pennebaker, and John Pennebaker. Attorney in Nelson County in 1850. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Jefferson County from 1857 to 1859. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Jefferson County from 1859 to 1861. Attorney in Louisville in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Louisville in 1860. Served in the 27th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a colonel from March 21, 1862 to April 10, 1864. Kentucky state military agent in Washington, D.C., from 1864 to 1865.

Relationships Political: Samuel Gill (Louisville, Kentucky, railroad superintendent and vet of Mex-Am War) Economic: United States Department of the Treasury Political: James W. Tate ("Honest Dick" Asst. Sec of State 1859-1863) Economic: Samuel G. Suddarth (Adair Co, KY, atty, Quarter-master general of KY) Military: Department of the Cumberland Military: 27th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Political: James H. Montgomery (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, tailor. )

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 1, p. 278B Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, 8th Ward, p. 339. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, 8th Ward, p. 290A. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994041, Jefferson County Deaths, p. 68. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 001929414. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 232. Roger D. Hunt, Colonels in Blue—Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee: A Civil War Biographical Dictionary (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2014), 181. Washington, District of Columbia P00001134 Categories: Places

Seat of government of the United States of America. Located on the Potomac River.

38.9072, -77.0369 Jeane Mason Fogle, "Washington, D.C." in Encyclopedia Britannica, (https://www.britannica.com/place/Washington-DC) (accessed May 22, 2017). USGS: Earth Explorer, "Washington, D.C.," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on August 8, 2019). 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 Agency O00019141 1864-02-20 1867? Categories: Organizations

Agency located in Washington, D.C. that prosecuted all claims for compensation against the Federal Government for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Kentucky soldiers, and citizens. Agent for the State of Kentucky: Charles D. Pennebaker.

Relationships Economic: Charles David Pennebaker (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney, KY state rep & senator; col 27th KY Inf USA & state military agent) Economic: Samuel G. Suddarth (Adair Co, KY, atty, Quarter-master general of KY)

"An Act to Establish a Claim Agency for Kentucky in the City of Washington," Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Frankfort, Ky.: William E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 109-11. Charles D. Pennebaker, "Report of the State Agent for Kentucky, At Washington, Made to the Governor, December 2, 1867," (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1867), 1-16. Civil War Soldier Compensation Correspondence, 1866-1868, SC 1291, Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort, Kentucky. United States Department of the Treasury O00010587 1789-09-02 Categories: Organizations

Department located in Washington, D.C. Formulates, recommends, and administers domestic and international financial, economic, and tax policies. Manages the public debt. Serves as financial agent for the United States government. Manufactures coins and currency. Oversees the administration of the U.S. Mint, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Bureau of Public Debt, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, U.S. Customs Service, U.S. Secret Service, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Internal Revenue Service, and U.S. Savings Bonds Division. Established September 2, 1789. Administered by the Secretary of the Treasury. Civil War-era Secretaries of Treasury: Philip R. Thomas (December 12, 1860-January 14, 1861), John A. Dix (January 15, 1861-March 6, 1861), Salmon P. Chase (March 7, 1861-June 30, 1864), William P. Fessenden (July 5, 1864-March 3, 1865), Hugh McCulloch (March 9, 1865-March 3, 1869).

Relationships Economic: Charles David Pennebaker (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney, KY state rep & senator; col 27th KY Inf USA & state military agent)

The National Archives "General Records of the Department of the Treasury." https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/056.html#56.1 (accessed April 23, 2019). U.S. Department of the Treasury "Prior Secretaries" https://home.treasury.gov/about/history/prior-secretaries (accessed June 6, 2019). Commonwealth of Kentucky O001025 1792 Categories: Organizations

Administrative body of the state of Kentucky. Capital at Frankfort, Kentucky. Governor(s): Beriah Magoffin (1859-1862), James F. Robinson (1862-1863), and Thomas E. Bramlette (1863-1867).

Paul Blanchard, "Office of Governor" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 380. Malcolm E. Jewell, "General Assembly" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 366. Paul J. Weber, "Court System" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 233. Washington, District of Columbia 1864-12-15 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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Office Kentucky State Agency Washington, D. C. Decr: 15" 1864. General,

I herewith enclose you two (2) letters from the 3rd Auditor, with reference to the State Account. I wrote would have sent them to you long ago but I have been trying to get an agreement about our settlement which I have failed to do.

The authority abstracts made by the State are said to be so very imperfect that the accounts cannot be adjusted until new abstracts and proper classifications of the vouchers are rendered. I have seen the Auditor and this is insisted upon. If you will authorize me to employ a sufficient force in my office I will soon render the accounts as he wants them. This settlement progresses very slowly. I have a copy of the difference sheets on the pay rolls; it is full of errors of the most flagrant kind

The Auditor has agreed to take up that portion of the account presented by the pay rolls and settle

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it; but you will see that he requires the new abstracts in this account. It will require a competent clerk but a short time to make out the required abstracts for this account. You will please return me the letters which I herewith enclose.

I am Sir, respectfuly Your Obd. Svt. sgd: C. D. Pennebaker Ky: State Agent

Genl. S. G. Suddarth Qr. Mas. Genl. Frankfort Ky:

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