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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-0001-004-0043 BR8-65 to BR8-66

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. S.J. Trowell ( Paducah, Kentucky) N00005712 Categories: People

Owned an enslaved man in Paducah, Kentucky, in 1861. Fined by McCracken Circuit Court for allowing an enslaved man to conduct his own trade in 1861 and petitioned for that fine to be remitted in September 1863.

Relationships Social: William T. Overstreet (McCracken County, Kentucky, tinner) Social: A.J. Baily (Paducah, Kentucky, resident.) Social: Joseph Henry Fowler (Paducah, Kentucky, steamboat captain) Social: John C. Steele (Paducah, Kentucky, farmer) Social: William F. Norton (Paducah, Kentucky, banker) Social: Gabriel F. Rabb (Paducah, Kentucky, grocery) Social: Richard M. Haydock (Paducah, Kentucky, bookkeeper) Social: Dixon A. Given (Paducah, Kentucky, banker) Social: John Quincy Adams King (Paducah State Rep) Social: William W. Herndon (Paducah, Kentucky, clerk) Social: A. Gates Lee (Paducah, Kentucky, merchant.) Social: Gustavus A. Flournoy (Paducah, Kentucky, postmaster and county judge) Social: Lawrence Strother Trimble (Paducah congressman) Social: Richard S. Ratcliffe (Paducah,Kentucky, attorney) Social: Robert Davis (Paducah, Kentucky, engineer) Social: George Henry Morrow (Paducah, Kentucky, attorney) Social: James B. Husbands (McCracken County, Kentucky, attorney) Social: Josiah Watts (Paducah, Kentucky, grocer) Social: Silas H. Stone (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer.) Social: Thomas Moore (McCracken County, Kentucky, painter) Social: B.F. Gross (Paducah, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Philander C. Ross (Paducah, Kentucky, resident) Social: William Nolen (McCracken County, Kentucky, copper smith) Social: George W. Ratcliffe (Paducah, Kentucky, farmer, sheriff ) Legal: McCracken Circuit Court

KYR-0001-004-0043. [Unknown] [Unknown] (Paducah, Kentucky, enslaved person) N00010949 Categories: People

Paducah, Kentucky, enslaved person. Owned by S.J. Trowell in Paducah in 1861. Permitted to go and trade for himself, for which his owner was fined $40 in 1861.

Relationships Slavery: S.J. Trowell ( Paducah, Kentucky)

KYR-0001-004-0043. George B. Grundy (Paducah, KY, sheriff) N00010950 1826-08-05 1863-03-01 Categories: People

Paducah, Kentucky, sheriff. Kentucky native. Clerk in Paducah in 1850. Sheriff in Paducah from 1860 to 1861.

Relationships Legal: Gustavus A. Flournoy (Paducah, Kentucky, postmaster and county judge) Legal: S.J. Trowell ( Paducah, Kentucky) Legal: McCracken Circuit Court Legal: Alexander H. Dudley (Lyon County, Kentucky, court clerk)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken County, Paducah, p. 141A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken County, Paducah, p. 914. Find A Grave, "George B. Grundy (Aug 5, 1826-March 1, 1863)," Memorial #110410656, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110410656 (accessed August 14, 2019). George W. Ratcliffe (Paducah, Kentucky, farmer, sheriff ) N00005713 1829-03-19 1905-03-09 Categories: People

Paducah, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of A. G. Ratcliffe and Rebecca Ratcliffe. Farmer in McCracken County in 1850. Farmer in McCracken County in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in McCracken County in 1860. Sheriff of McCracken County in 1863.

Relationships Social: William Wood (Paducah, Kentucky, farmer.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken, District 2, p. 165B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken County, District 2, p. 71. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken County, District 2, p. 429B. “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), 169. Find A Grave, "George W. Ratcliffe (1829-1905)," Memorial #93558574, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93558574 (accessed July 2, 2019). William Nolen (McCracken County, Kentucky, copper smith) N00005714 1813-12-25 1895-01-02 Categories: People

McCracken County, Kentucky, copper smith. Pennsylvania native. Married to Huldah A. Nolen. Father of Catharine Nolen, Mary J. Nolen, William P. Nolen, Nancy A. Nolen, Anna Nolen. Tinner and copper smith in McCracken County in 1850. Employed Henry Timberlake and Berryman Heyman in McCracken County in 1850. Resident of Paducah in 1861.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken, Paducah and Suburbs, p. 136A. Find A Grave, "William Nolen (1813-1895)," Memorial #84269262, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84269262 (accessed July 2, 2019). KYR-0001-004-0043. Philander C. Ross (Paducah, Kentucky, resident) N00005715 1819? Categories: People

Paducah, Kentucky, resident. Ohio native. Married to Elizabeth A.G. Ross. Resident of Paducah in 1861.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken County, Paducah, Subdivision 112, p. 17. KYR-0001-004-0043. B.F. Gross (Paducah, Kentucky, farmer) N00005716 1821? Categories: People

Paducah, Kentucky, farmer. Tennessee native. Married to D.C. Gross. Father of Cynthia Gross, Cornelius Gross. Farmer in Paducah in 1860. Employed William F. Caning in Paducah in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken County, Paducah District 1, p. 955. Thomas Moore (McCracken County, Kentucky, painter) N00005717 1810? Categories: People

McCracken County, Kentucky, painter. Pennsylvania native. Married to Eliza Moore. Father of Laura Moore. Painter in McCracken County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken, Paducah, p. 960. Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken, Paducah, p. 122B. Silas H. Stone (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer.) N00005718 1805? Categories: People

Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer. South Carolina native. Married to Francis Taylor Stone in Crittenden County, Kentucky on May 20, 1847. Father of Mary Stone, William Stone, Bethel Stone, Cassandra Stone, Martha Stone, James Stone, Sarah R. Stone, Eliza J. Stone, Marion J. Stone, Ellen L. Stone, Jefferson Stone, Joel E. Stone, George W. Stone, Emily Stone, Elma Stone. Farmer in Butler County in 1850. Farmer in Crittenden County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Butler, p. 232A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden, West Half, p. 305. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pope County, Township 11, p. 452B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Crittenden County Marriages, Film #000558428, p. 32. Josiah Watts (Paducah, Kentucky, grocer) N00005719 1800? Categories: People

Paducah, Kentucky, grocer. Kentucky native. Married to Anna B. Watts. Father of D.A. Watts, Metia Watts, Julia Watts. Grocer in Paducah in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken, District 1, p. 36. James B. Husbands (McCracken County, Kentucky, attorney) N00004022 1806? Categories: People

McCracken County, Kentucky, attorney. North Carolina native. Married to Maria D. Husbands. Father of Ann M. Husbands, Rebecca Husbands, Henry L. Husbands, Eugene Husbands, Elizabeth M. Husbands, Bryson Husbands, and John L. M. Husbands. Owned three enslaved people in McCracken County in 1850. Attorney in McCracken County in 1860.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: McCracken Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken County, Paducah, District 2, p. 447. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken County, Paducah, District 2, p. 134. George Henry Morrow (Paducah, Kentucky, attorney) N00005720 1826 1877 Categories: People

Paducah, Kentucky, attorney. Tennessee native. Married to Sallie Morrow. Father of Robertson Morrow, Emily Morrow. Sheriff in Paducah in 1850. Attorney in Paducah in 1860. Kentucky delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken, Paducah and Suburbs, p. 144A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken County, District 2, p. 401. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken, Paducah, p. 166B. M. Halsted, Caucuses of 1860. A History of the National Political Conventions of the Current Presidential Campaign (Columbus, OH: Follett, Foster and Company, 1860), 16. Find A Grave, "George Henry Morrow (1826-1877)," Memorial #101858092, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101858092 (accessed July 2, 2019). Robert Davis (Paducah, Kentucky, engineer) N00005721 1812? Categories: People

Paducah, Kentucky, engineer. Kentucky native. Married to Caroline Davis. Father of Kate E. Davis. Engineer in Paducah in 1850. Engineer in Paducah in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken, Paducah and Suburbs, p. 136B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken County, Paducah, District 2, p. 885. Richard S. Ratcliffe (Paducah,Kentucky, attorney) N00005722 1817-01-07 1878-09-27 Categories: People

Paducah, Kentucky, attorney. Virginia native. Married to Ellen S. Ratcliffe. Father of Mary Ratcliffe, Willey Ratcliffe, Kate Ratcliffe, Lawrence Ratcliffe, Charley Ratcliffe. Attorney in Paducah in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken County, Paducah, District 2, p. 154. Find A Grave, "Richard S. Ratcliffe (1817-1878)," Find A Grave Memorial #84326845, https://www.findagrave.com/84326845 (accessed 12 May 2017). Lawrence Strother Trimble (Paducah congressman) N00005723 1826-08-26 1904-08-09 Categories: People

Paducah, Kentucky, attorney and politician. Fleming County, Kentucky, native. Son of James Trimble and Harriet Tripplet Trimble. Admitted to the bar in Maysville, Kentucky, in 1844. Practiced law in Paducah after 1847. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Paducah from 1851 to 1852. Circuit Judge of the First Judicial District of Kentucky from 1856 to 1859. Elector on the Democratic Party ticket of Stephen A. Douglas in 1860. President of the Ohio and New Orleans Railroad Company from 1860 to 1865. Member of the House of Representatives of the United States from the First Congressional District of Kentucky from March 4, 1865 to March 3, 1871.

"Trimble, Lawrence Strother (1825 - 1904)," in The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000375 (accessed September 26, 2017); The Biographical Encyclopedia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century (Cincinnati, OH: J. M. Armstrong & Company, 1878), 447-48; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken County, District No. 2, p. 97. Gustavus A. Flournoy (Paducah, Kentucky, postmaster and county judge) N00005724 1798? Categories: People

Paducah, Kentucky, judge and postmaster. Virginia native. Married to Margaret Flournoy. Father of George B. Flournoy, Clara J. Flournoy, Thomas A. Flournoy, Rosa J. Flournoy. Postmaster in Paducah, Kentucky, from October 1, 1849, to August 27, 1853. County judge in McCracken County in 1860. County judge in McCracken County in 1862. County judge in McCracken County in 1865.

Relationships Legal: S.J. Trowell ( Paducah, Kentucky) Legal: McCracken Circuit Court Political: David C. Peters (McCracken County, Kentucky, carpenter, grocery merchant, and justice of the peace) Political: Peter Anderson (McCracken County, Kentucky, clerk and justice of the peace) Political: George Smedley (Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, judge & JP)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken County, Paducah and Suburbs, p. 141A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken County, District 2, p. 826. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken County, Precinct 3, p. 27A. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862, Legislative Document Series, No. 24 (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 298-306. Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971 Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, McCracken County, Kentucky, vol. 14, p. 672. KYR-0001-007-0648. KYR-0001-031-0031. A. Gates Lee (Paducah, Kentucky, merchant.) N00005725 1817-12-25 1887-08-31 Categories: People

Paducah, Kentucky, merchant. Stewart County, Tennessee, native. Married to Miranda A. Lee. Father of Florence Lee, Mary E. Lee, William M. Lee. Merchant in Trigg County in 1850. Retired merchant in Paducah in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg, District 2, p. 361A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken County, Paducah, District 2, p. 112. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken, Paducah, 167A. Find A Grave, "A. Gates Lee (1817-1887)," Memorial #150287429, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150287429 (accessed July 2, 2019). William W. Herndon (Paducah, Kentucky, clerk) N00010859 1821? Categories: People

Paducah, Kentucky, clerk. Kentucky native. Married to Georgia A. Herndon. Father of Frank P. Herndon and William B. Herndon. Clerk in hardware store in Paducah in 1860. Employed Mary Finly in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken, Paducah, p. 906. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken, Precinct 7, p. 95B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, McCracken County Marriages, Film 002135060. John Quincy Adams King (Paducah State Rep) N00002051 1828-05-28 1880-02-28 Categories: People

Paducah, Kentucky, attorney and politician. Burkesville, Kentucky, native. Son of Milton King and Susan Wiles King. Married Leann Sophia King in 1854. Father of Mary Elizabeth King, Nancy Susan King, Ellen King, Leann Quincy King, and Goode King. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Cumberland County, Kentucky, in 1849 and from 1853 to 1855. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from McCracken County, Kentucky, from 1855 to 1859. Speaker of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1857. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from McCracken County from 1861 to 1863.

Relationships Social: Philip D. Yeiser (Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, Commonwealth's attorney.) Legal: McCracken County Court Legal: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

John Quincy Adams King Papers, 1847-1874, SC 66, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library, Kentucky Historical Society; G. Glenn Clift, Governors of Kentucky, 1792-1942 (Cynthiana, Ky.: Hobson Press, 1942), 193-95; Find A Grave, "John Quincy Adams King (1825 - 1880)," Memorial #142491188, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=142491188 (accessed September 27, 2017). Dixon A. Given (Paducah, Kentucky, banker) N00010862 1816? Categories: People

Paducah, Kentucky, banker. Kentucky native. Married to Clara H. Given. Father of Dickson A. Given Jr., Henry T. Given, James G. Given, and Joseph Given. Merchant in Paducah in 1850. Banker in Paducah in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken, Paducah and Suburbs, p. 136A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken, Paducah, p. 874. Richard M. Haydock (Paducah, Kentucky, bookkeeper) N00010892 1830 1901 Categories: People

Paducah, Kentucky, bookkeeper. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Watts Haydock in Livingston County on October 26, 1852. Father of Kitty and William Haydock. Bookkeeper in Paducah in 1860.

Relationships Economic: Commercial Bank of Kentucky

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken, Paducah, p. 873. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Livingston County Marriages, Film #000318176, p. 102. Find A Grave, "Richard Martin Haydock (1830-1901)," Memorial #24971402. http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24971402 (accessed July 11, 2019). Gabriel F. Rabb (Paducah, Kentucky, grocery) N00010893 1823 Categories: People

Paducah, Kentucky, farmer and grocery clerk. Mississippi native. Married to Mary E. Vontress Rabb in Union County on December 19, 1850. Father of Mary V. Rabb, Fanny B. Rabb, Nina B. Rabb, Eloise F. Rabb, and Nanny Rabb. Farmer in McCracken County in 1850. Grocery clerk in Paducah in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken, District 2, p. 168B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken, Paducah, p. 893. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken, Paducah, p. 168A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Union County Marriages, Film # 545986. William F. Norton (Paducah, Kentucky, banker) N00010894 1820-02-27 1886-10-20 Categories: People

Paducah, Kentucky, banker. Kentucky native. Married to Ann E. Norton. Father of William F. Norton. Merchant in Paducah in 1850. Banker in Paducah in 1860.

Find A Grave, "William F. Norton (February 27, 1820-October 20, 1886)," Memorial #78730869, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78730869 (accessed July 13, 2019). Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken, Paducah and Suburbs, p. 140B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken, Paducah, p. 909. John C. Steele (Paducah, Kentucky, farmer) N00010895 1826-09-19 1892-11-03 Categories: People

Paducah, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Bettie Jane Campbell Steele in Muhlenberg on September 21, 1852. Father of Hopson Steele, Amanda Steele, Granville Steele, Paralee Steele, Barbara Steele, Unknown Steele. Clerk in Christian County in 1850. Farmer in Wayne in 1860. Resident of Paducah in 1863.

Find A Grave, "Name (Birth-Death)," Memorial #124578776 http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124578776 (accessed July 13, 2019). Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian, District 2 p. 423B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Wayne, p. 315. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County Marriages, Film #000557316 Joseph Henry Fowler (Paducah, Kentucky, steamboat captain) N00010896 1835-04-26 1904-12-24 Categories: People

Paducah, Kentucky, steamboat captain. Salem, Kentucky, native. Son of Wiley R. Fowler. Married to Martha Leech Fowler in Livingston, Kentucky on January 11, 1855. Father of Givin, Mildred, Minta, and Mattie Fowler. Graduate of Cumberland College in Princeton, Kentucky. Steamboat captain in Paducah, Kentucky, from 1849 to 1904.

"Long and Honored Career has Ended," The Paducah Sun, December 24, 1904. (accessed July 13, 2019). Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken, Paducah, p. 946. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken, Paducah, p. 131A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Livingston County Marriages, Film #000318176 p. 116. Find A Grave, "Joseph Henry Fowler (1833-1904)," Memorial #66490291, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66490291 (accessed July 13, 2019). A.J. Baily (Paducah, Kentucky, resident.) N00010897 Categories: People

Signed petition on behalf of L.J. Trowell in Paducah, Kentucky, in 1863.

KYR-0001-004-0043. William T. Overstreet (McCracken County, Kentucky, tinner) N00010898 1830? Categories: People

McCracken County, Kentucky, tinner. Kentucky native. Son of Elmira Overstreet. Tinner in Louisville in 1850. Tinner in McCracken County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson ,Louisville District 3, p. 130. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken, District 2, p. 787. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken, Paducah, 167A. Paducah, Kentucky P00001227 Categories: Places

Seat of McCracken County, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River and the Tennessee River.

37.0834, -88.6 John E. L. Robertson, "Paducah" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 705-706. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Paducah, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on September 4, 2019). McCracken Circuit Court O00000429 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 1st Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): R. K. Williams and Charles S. Marshall. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): Thomas H. Corbett, P. D. Yeiser, and W. W. Tice. Clerk(s): Braxton Small.

Relationships Legal: Thomas Hines (Paducah, Kentucky, merchant) Economic: Braxton Small (Paducah, Kentucky, county court clerk and circuit court clerk) Legal: Braxton Small (Paducah, Kentucky, county court clerk and circuit court clerk)

“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. Petition English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 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 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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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To His Excellency The Govenirof Kentucky

The undersigned who are all citizens of Paducah Ky -- state that they are acquainted with Mrs S. J. Trowell who was fined at our last Court for permitting slaveto go at large and trade for himself. The fine is $40. & costs -- She is poor and Since the Army has been here viz. 6th Sept 1861 she has been unable to control said slave who is a man and the meanest negro in Kentucky. She has all the while tried by warning and otherwise to keep persons from trading with him -- Such was the evidences and such the facts in the case -- Mrs Trowell was from home whin case was tried and did not know of trial -- The Sheriffhas the execution -- We do think the case is entitled to Executive Clemency, --

G W Ratcliffe William Nolen P, C, Ross

B, F Gross

Thos moore S. H. Stone Josiah Watts J. B. Husbands G. H. Morrow Robt Davis R S Ratcliffe L, S, Trimble

G. A. Flournoy A. G. Lee

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Wm. W. Herndon John Q. A. King D A Given R, M, Haydock G. F. Rabb W F Norton John C Steele Jos Fowler A, I, Baily Wm T Overstreet.

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McCracken Cir Ct vs Mrs S. J. Trowell $40 -- Remitd14th Sept/63

Remit all except Attys part & costs Sept 14th 1863 Tho. E. Bramlette