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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, petitions for pardons, remissions, and respites 1863-1867 KYR-0001-004-0011 BR8-15

Hart County, Kentucky H. M. Shuffitt (Clerk, Hart County Court) N00002934 Categories: People

Clerk of the Hart County Court in Munfordville, Kentucky, in 1863.

KYR-0001-004-0011. James H. Compton (Hart County- deputy clerk, Hart County Court) N00002933 1840? Categories: People

Hart County, Kentucky, deputy court clerk. Kentucky native. Clerk in Munfordville, Kentucky, in 1860. Deputy Clerk of the Hart County Court in 1863.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hart County, Munfordville, p. 131. KYR-0001-004-0011. Hart County Court O00000639 Categories: Organizations

Located in Munfordville, Hart County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): William Gardner. Clerk(s): James A. Dawson, H. M. Shuffitt, J. A. Waldeck, and J. M. Bents.

Relationships Political: H. M. Shuffitt (Clerk, Hart County Court) Economic: James H. Compton (Hart County- deputy clerk, Hart County Court) Legal: William Gardner (Hart County, Kentucky, judge.) Legal: Ben Johnson (Hart County, Kentucky, saddler and fugitive from justice.) Legal: Washington Mansfield (Louisville, Kentucky, tobacco trader, soldier, and agent.) Legal: Samuel Mansfield (Hart County, Kentucky, farmer)

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861,” in 1862 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-308; “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862,” in 1863 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 24. (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 298-306; “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863,” in 1864 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 10. (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-306; “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864,” in 1865 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 9-12; “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865,” in 1865/66 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 9-12; “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1866,” in 1866 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-350. Kentucky Court of Appeals O00000311 1792 Categories: Organizations

The Supreme Court in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, with appellate jurisdiction and four appellate districts. Under the Third Constitution of Kentucky (1850) an elected judge served an eight year term, the first six years as an associate justice and the remaining two years as chief justice. Civil War-era Judge(s): Henry J. Stites, Alvin Duvall, Zachariah Wheat, Henry C. Wood, Belvard J. Peters, Joshua F. Bullitt, Rufus K. Williams, George Robertson, and William Sampson. Clerk(s): Leslie Combs.

Relationships Legal: Richard Smith (Cumberland County) Legal: Henry J. Stites (Christian County, Kentucky, Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals) Legal: Caldwell Circuit Court Legal: James W. Blalock (Caldwell Co, Ky, farm laborer; pvt 8th Cav, sgt 12th Cav) Legal: William J. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer. ) Legal: John W. Prince (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer) Legal: Milton A. Cartwright (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: William Wadlington, Sr. (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Jefferson Rogers (Alleged murderer and criminal in Jefferson County, Kentucky) Legal: Benjamin Monroe (Frankfort, Kentucky, attorney and court reporter.) Legal: Joel L. Spraggins (Marion County, Kentucky, merchant.)

Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins’ Historical Sketches of Kentucky: History of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Collins & Company, 1874), 84, 500. John E. Kleber, ed., The Kentucky Encyclopedia (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 219. Hart County, Kentucky 1863-09-14 Order 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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Hart County Court Call Term Sept 14th 1863

Whereas the presiding Judge of the Hart County Court has never been furnished with any of the reports of the Decisions of the Court of Appeals or with only 2 ^1st & 2d volumes^ vols Metcalfes & 12th & 13th B Monroe It is therefore ordered that the clerk of this Court Certify the fact to the Secretary of State that they may be Supplied

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Att H M Shuffitt clk

By Jas H Compton D C