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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-0001-004-0037 BR8-54

Mason County, Kentucky Richard W. Watkins (Mason County, Kentucky, grocer) N00005472 1817? Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, grocer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary A. Watkins. Father of Anne E. Watkins, Sarah B. Watkins, Caroline F. Watkins, Isaac Watkins, Nancy Watkins, William Watkins, Richard Watkins, [unknown] Watkins. Grocer in Mason County in 1850.

Relationships Legal: Kentucky State Penitentiary

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville District No. 1, p. 50A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville Ward No 4, p. 441B, 442A. George Morgan Thomas (Lewis Co politician; 10th Judicial District Commonwealth’s Attorney) N00002380 1828-11-23 1914-01-07 Categories: People

Lewis County, Kentucky, teacher, politician and commonwealth’s attorney. Lewis County, Kentucky, native. Son of Elijah Thomas and Araminta P. Boggess Thomas. Married to Catherine H. Willim Thomas on July 8, 1850. Father of Bruce Fraser Thomas, Walter William Thomas, Araminta Thomas Pugh, and Mary A. Thomas. Teacher in Lewis County in 1850. Admitted to the Kentucky bar in 1851. Attorney in Lewis County from 1854 to 1858. Representative of Lewis County in the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1860 to 1862. Commonwealth’s attorney for the 10th Judicial District of Kentucky in Vanceburg from 1863 to 1869.

Relationships Legal: Laura Willet Brownfield (Mason County) Economic: Laura Willet Brownfield (Mason County) Legal: Leonidas M. Campbell (Nicholas County, Kentucky, hotel keeper) Legal: Hugh M. Stitt (Nicholas County, Kentucky, hotel keeper and post master) Legal: William M. Bartley (Ripley, OH laborer) Legal: Mason Circuit Court Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, District 2, p. 192A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Lewis County, p. 112. "An Incorruptible Democracy," The Evening Bulletin (Maysville, KY), November 10, 1886, p. 2. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863, Legislative Document Series, No. 10 (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-06. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-50. E. Polk Johnson, A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians: The Leaders and Representative Men in Commerce, Industry and Modern Activities, vol.2 (Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1912), 748-51. William Bickley (Mason County, Kentucky, hotel keeper) N00005465 1803? Categories: People

Washington, Mason County, Kentucky, hotel keeper. Kentucky native. Married to Julian Bickley. Father of Joseph Bickley, Davia Bickley, Charles Bickley, John Bickley, William Bickley, Margaret Bickley, Sarah Bickley, Robert Bickley. Hotel Keeper in Mason County in 1860. Owned six enslaved persons in 1860.

Relationships Legal: William M. Bartley (Ripley, OH laborer)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Washington, p. 102. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Washington, p. 18. John Morton Duke, Jr. (Maysville, Kentucky, attorney and circuit court clerk) N00002672 1837? 1902-01-06 Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, attorney and circuit court clerk. Kentucky native. Son of John M. Duke, Sr., and Hannah Duke. Married to Sarah "Sally" Taylor Dewees Duke on January 23, 1862. Student in Mason County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned five enslaved persons in Mason County in 1850. Attorney in Mason County in 1860. Household owned four enslaved persons in Mason County in 1860. Clerk of the Mason Circuit Court from 1862 to 1867.

Relationships Political: Thomas A. Respass (Mason County, Kentucky, attorney) Political: Isaac Nelson (Maysville, Kentucky merchant) Economic: Mason Circuit Court Legal: Mason Circuit Court Political: Reuben S. Darnall (Mason County, KY, mason's apprentice and military drummer, private & first sergeant) Legal: William M. Bartley (Ripley, OH laborer) Familial: Harrison Taylor (Speaker State House, Mason Co, KY)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville, District 2, p. 104B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville, District 2. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville, p. 313. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville, p. 5A. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Kentucky, 9th Congressional District, Vol. 1, September 1863, p. 97, p. 100 of microfilm, (Accessed via ancestry.com on May 19, 2020). “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. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts, of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1867 in 1867 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1867), p. 356. The Dewees Family : Genealogical data, biographical facts and historical information, Mrs. Philip E. LaMunyan, Ellwood Roberts, ed. Norristown, PA: William H. Roberts, 1905, 44-45. Mason County, Kentucky P00000446 Categories: Places

County in northeast Kentucky. Seat at Maysville. Located on the Ohio River.

38.6412, -83.7444 Jean W. Calvert, “Mason County” and “Maysville,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), p. 614, 621-22. "Maysville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed October 21, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. 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. Kentucky State Penitentiary O00000266 1798 1884 Categories: Organizations

State prison of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in Frankfort, Kentucky. Operated from 1798 to 1884. Keeper(s): Jeremiah W. South (1859-1863) and Harry I. Todd (1863-1871).

Relationships Economic: Harry Innes Todd, Sr. (Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant and penitentiary keeper) Legal: Gabriel Endicott (Lawrence County farmer and prisoner for man slaughter) Economic: Ephraim Whitesides (Frankfort, Kentucky, carpenter and assistant keeper of the penitentiary) Legal: Charles Hawkins (Frankfort, Kentucky) Legal: George Knorr (Newport, Kentucky farmer and felon) Legal: Angelo Devoto (Louisville, Kentucky, confectionery shop owner) Legal: James Duddleson (stub, mercer or boyle county) Legal: James Savage (Wayne County farmer and penitentiary inmate) Legal: James Johnson (Campbell County, Kentucky, prisoner) Economic: James Landon Sneed (Franklin County, Kentucky farmer and clerk) Economic: Robert W. Lawler (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard) Legal: William J. Tice (Steele) (Jefferson Co, Frankfort, and Covington, KY) Legal: Felix McDermot (Kenton County laborer and prisoner for grand larceny) Legal: David Schroeder (Louisville, Kentucky, butcher) Legal: Thomas Edrington (Louisville, Kentucky, carpenter and convict) Legal: Francis Pace (Harlan County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Thomas Birmingham (Jefferson County, Kentucky) Legal: Daniel Bush (Jefferson County, Kentucky) Legal: William Nichols (Covington, KY steel mill worker) Legal: Charles T. Sullivan (Jefferson County, Kentucky, resident and inmate) Political: James Landon Sneed (Franklin County, Kentucky farmer and clerk) Political: Robert W. Lawler (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard) Political: John T. Hockensmith (Franklin County, KY, prison guard) Political: Luther S. Prentiss (Franklin County, KY, miller) Political: Robert W. Willhoit (Franklin County, Kentucky, petitioner ) Political: R. K. Taylor (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard. ) Political: James Gallahue (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard. ) Political: Thomas J. Frazier (Breathitt County, Kentucky, postmaster, politician, judge, and Register of the Land Office) Political: L. Tobias (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard) Legal: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Wesley [Unknown] (Caldwell County, Kentucky, enslaved man) Legal: William J. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer. ) Legal: Hezekiah Alexander Jr. (Meade County, Kentucky, resident. ) Legal: William Duerbeck (Ohio River boat steward.) Legal: John Smith (Mont Wilson) (Frankfort, Kentucky, inmate.) Legal: Austin Bingham (Trigg County, Kentucky, laborer. Convicted of murder in 1859.) Legal: Jeremiah W. South (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer and keeper of the State Penitentiary) Legal: John J. Dyer, Jr. (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff.) Legal: William Johnson (Convicted of grand larceny in Franklin Circuit Court in 1863.) Legal: Daniel W. Clark (Kenton County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Stephen W. Duval (McLean County, Kentucky, laborer and soldier.)

Calvin Fairbank, Rev. Calvin Fairbank During Slavery Times: How He “Fought the Good Fight” to Prepare “The Way” (Chicago: R. R. McCabe & Co., 1890), 54-56; 104-117; 139-46. J. W. South. “Report of the Keeper and Lessee of the Kentucky Penitentiary to the General Assembly, September 13, 1861,” Legislative Document Series, No. 7 (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 3-13. Report of the Special Committee on the Penitentiary to the Senate of Kentucky, February 26, 1880, Legislative Document No. 18 (Frankfort: E. H. Porter, 1880), 78. William C. Sneed, A Report on the History and Mode of Management of the Kentucky Penitentiary from its Origin, in 1798, to March 1, 1860 (Frankfort: Senate of Kentucky, 1860), 553. Mason Circuit Court O00000426 Categories: Organizations

Circuit court located in the 10th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): E. C. Phister and L. W. Andrews. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): R. H. Stanton and George M. Thomas. Clerk(s): Keith Berry and John M. Duke, Jr.

Relationships Legal: William Carr (Mays Lick, Kentucky, hotel keeper) Legal: James C. Brookover (Maysville, Kentucky, grocery merchant) Legal: James Hessen (Maysville, Kentucky, drayman) Legal: Arthur F. Dobyns (Mason County, Kentucky, magistrate) Political: William H. Savage (Mason County, Kentucky, retail clerk and attorney)

“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), 304-305 “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. Mason County, Kentucky Legal/Financial English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 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.
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Mason Circuit Court. The Commonwealth of Kentucky Against } Indictment William. M. Bartley

The Grand Jury of Mason County, in the name, and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, accuse William. M. Bartley of the crime of Grand Larceny. committed as follows; The said William. M. Bartley on the day of June 1863. at the county aforesaid feloniously took and carried away one coat & one pocket book the personal property of R. W. Watkins of the value of more than four Dollars. against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Geo. M Thomas Attorney for the Commonwealth.

The following verdict was rendered herein, towit: "We the jury find the defendant guilty and fix his punishment at one years confiement in the Penitentiary, and we recommend to the Govenor to pardon him before the close of his term. We do this in view of the circumstances disclosed on the trial.

Wm Bickley. Foreman.

A copy attest

Jno M. Duke Jr Clerk

Mason Circuit Court.

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The Comlth of Kentucky vs } Indictment for Grand Larceny William. M. Bartley, Copy Examined.