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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-0001-004-0046 BR8-71 to BR8-72

Dover, Mason County, Kentucky 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. Samuel S. True (Mason County, KY, farmer) N00005740 1836? Categories: People

Dover, Mason County, Kentucky, farmer. Son of Phoebe True. Farmer in Mason County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Jared [Unknown] (Mason County, Kentucky) Social: John Magill (Mason County, Kentucky) Social: Jacob C. Hess (Dover, Kentucky, police judge) Social: Forthigal Adams (Dover, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Peter S. Anderson (Mason County, Kentucky, farmer and trader.) Social: James F. Lee (Mason County, KY, drayman) Social: Patterson C. Bullock (Mason County, KY, drayman and postmaster) Social: Thomas [Unknown] (Mason County, Kentucky) Social: William E. Tabb (Mason County, KY, miller) Social: Charles Ladenburger (Mason County, Kentucky, resident) Social: Abraham D. Veach (Mason County, KY, blacksmith) Social: John M. Thomas (Mason County, KY, merchant) Social: O. Sulivan (Mason County, Kentucky) Social: James McDonald (Mason County, KY, plasterer) Social: Leonard Clayborne Anderson (Mason County, KY, farmer) Social: James H. Anderson (Mason County, KY, merchant) Social: J. Coburn Mitchell (Mason County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: John. F. Tabb (Mason County, KY, resident) Social: William O. Chalfant (Mason County, KY, postmaster) Social: Thomas A. Curran (Mason County, Kentucky, attorney and postmaster) Social: Arthur F. Dobyns, Jr. (Mason County, KY, miller) Social: Arthur F. Dobyns (Mason County, Kentucky, magistrate) Social: Moses Moore (Mason County, KY, farmer) Social: Willoughby F. Thomas (Mason County, KY, postmaster) Social: James McMillian (Mason County, Kentucky, resident) Social: A. Rogers (Mason County, Kentucky) Social: Robert T. Evans (Mason County, Kentucky, merchant) Social: Thomas A. Respass (Mason County, Kentucky, attorney) Social: Willis D. Lee (Mason County, KY, hotel keeper) Social: Paschal M. Jennings (Mason County) Social: William Jennings (Mason County merchant) Social: Thomas P. Anderson (Mason County) Social: Marcus Anderson (Mason County) Social: Ethan Anderson (Mason County, Kentucky, resident) Social: J. Peck (Mason County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: M. Smith (Dover, Mason County, resident) Legal: Mason Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Dover County, District 3, p. 243. J. Peck (Mason County, Kentucky, resident) N00005741 Categories: People

Signed petition on behalf of Samuel S. True in Dover, Kentucky, on September 30, 1863.

KYR-0001-004-0046. Ethan Anderson (Mason County, Kentucky, resident) N00002816 1840? Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Resident in Mason County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 1, p. 17. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 3, p. 59. William Jennings (Mason County merchant) N00002831 1834? Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, merchant. Kentucky native. Merchant in Mason County in 1860. Household owned thirteen enslaved persons in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 1, p. 28. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 3, p. 59. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 3, p. 13. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Dover, p. 4. Marcus Anderson (Mason County) N00002821 1833? Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, farmer. Ohio native. Farmer in Mason County in 1860. Married to Kate Long Anderson on November 12, 1861.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 1, p. 17. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Dover, p. 14. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records - Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #unknown, Mason County Marriages, p. 1. Paschal M. Jennings (Mason County) N00002824 1828? Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, farmer. Farmer in Mason County in 1860. Household owned thirteen enslaved persons in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 1, p. 28. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 3, p. 59. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Dover, p. 3. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 3, p. 13. M. Smith (Dover, Mason County, resident) N00002835 Categories: People

Requested remission of a fine on behalf of G.W. Hortons in Dover, Kentucky, on October 8, 1861. Signed petition on behalf of Samuel S. True in Dover on September 30, 1863. Signed petition on behalf of Arthur F. Dobyns in Dover on November 18, 1864.

Relationships Political: George W. Horton (Mason Co cigar manufacturer) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: Mason Circuit Court

KYR-0001-004-1302. KYR-0001-020-1484. KYR-0001-004-0046. Willis D. Lee (Mason County, KY, hotel keeper) N00005742 1788? Categories: People

Dover, Mason County, Kentucky, hotel keeper. Virginia native. Married to Angelina Lee. Hotel keeper in Dover in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Dover County, Maysville, p. 235. Thomas A. Respass (Mason County, Kentucky, attorney) N00005743 1826? Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Married to Jane M. Respass. Father of Augustine Respass and Arthur F. Respass.

Relationships Legal: Bracken Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville post office, p. 51. Thomas P. Anderson (Mason County) N00002829 1837? 1922-11-22 Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Resident in Mason County in 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 1, p. 26. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records - Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #unknown, Mason County Deaths, p. 1. KYR-0001-004-1302. Robert T. Evans (Mason County, Kentucky, merchant) N00002825 1832? Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, merchant. Kentucky native. Merchant in Mason County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Dover, District 3, p. 53. Willoughby F. Thomas (Mason County, KY, postmaster) N00005746 Categories: People

Dover, Mason County, Kentucky, postmaster. Appointed postmaster of Dover April 30, 1861. Resident in Dover in 1863.

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, p. 137, (accessed via Ancestry.com). Arthur F. Dobyns (Mason County, Kentucky, magistrate) N00002813 1809? Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, magistrate. Kentucky native. Married to Lamira Dobyns. Father of Arthur Dobyns, Mary Dobyns, Octavia Dobyns, Elizabeth Dobyns, Martha Dobyns, Rebecca Dobyns, Anna Dobyns, Frances Dobyns, and Emily Dobyns. Magistrate in Mason County from c1860 to c1880.

Relationships Political: Thomas C. Westfall (Mason County teacher and postmaster) Political: J. Coburn Mitchell (Mason County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Richard C. Serhann (Mason County) Political: John. F. Tabb (Mason County, KY, resident) Political: M. Smith (Dover, Mason County, resident) Political: S. S. Yen (Mason County) Political: W. D. Jennings (Mason County) Political: Nathaniel Franklin Conway (Mason County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: John G. Bacon (Mason County) Political: James W. Reynolds (Mason County store clerk) Political: Paschal J. Anderson (Mason County teacher) Political: E. A. Gibbons (Mason County clerk) Political: William B. Crupper (Mason County) Political: Theodore W. Bledsoe (Paris, Illinois, and Mason County, Kentucky, attorney and farmer) Political: John Brock (Mason County) Political: John Anderson (Mason County, Kentucky, resident) Political: William Jennings (Mason County merchant) Political: Robert T. Evans (Mason County, Kentucky, merchant) Political: Benjamin Langford Bacon (Mason County) Political: Ethan Anderson (Mason County, Kentucky, resident) Political: Thomas P. Anderson (Mason County) Political: Marcus Anderson (Mason County) Political: Paschal M. Jennings (Mason County) Political: F. William Long (Mason County, Kentucky, hotel keeper) Political: Thomas A. Curran (Mason County, Kentucky, attorney and postmaster)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bracken County, p. 460. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bracken County, p. 647. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville, p. 38. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Dover, p. 3. Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Dover, p. 9. Thomas A. Curran (Mason County, Kentucky, attorney and postmaster) N00002827 1827? 1888-02-07 Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, attorney and postmaster. Harrison County, Kentucky native. Married to Hannah Chambers Curran. Captain of 16th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) during the Civil War. Postmaster in Dover, Kentucky in 1863.

“Historical Sketch of Dover,” The Mason County Genealogical Society Newsletter 9 (1991), 76. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 1, p. 98. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Dover, p. 1. Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Dover, p. 7. “Curran Thomas A,” Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans. Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, pg.121 (accessed via Ancestry.com). William O. Chalfant (Mason County, KY, postmaster) N00005749 1818? Categories: People

Born in Kentucky. Married to Mary K. Chalfant. Father of Mary Chalfant. Appointed postmaster of Dover on November 3, 1863.

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, p. 137. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Minerva, p. 465A. J. Coburn Mitchell (Mason County, Kentucky, farmer) N00005750 1825? 1870? Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Ignatius S. Mitchell and Ann B. Mitchell. Married to Nancy J. Mitchell. Father of William Ignatius Mitchell, Casionora Mitchell, Martha A. Mitchell, Carrie E. Mitchell, Sue Mitchell, Mollie Mitchell, Dion Mitchell, Mildred A Mitchell. Resident in Mason County in 1850. Farmer in Dover, Kentucky, in 1860.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 1, p. 25A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Dover, p. 233. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Dover, p. 308B. James H. Anderson (Mason County, KY, merchant) N00005751 1822? Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, merchant. Kentucky native. Merchant in Mason County in 1863.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Mason County, KY, May 1865, p. 2, (Accessed via ancestry.com). Leonard Clayborne Anderson (Mason County, KY, farmer) N00005753 1833-02-11 1917-11-26 Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, native. Son of Peter Anderson and Mary Patton Anderson. Married to Nanny Anderson. Father of Henry Anderson. Farmer in Mason County in 1860.

Kentucky Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1964), KDLA, Rolls #7016130-7041803, Mason County Deaths, p. 31287. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, 3rd District, Maysville post office, p. 230. James McDonald (Mason County, KY, plasterer) N00006162 1822? Categories: People

Dover, Mason County, Kentucky, plasterer. Native of Canada. Married to Ann McDonald. Father of George McDonald, Ann E. McDonald, Richard W. McDonald. Plasterer in Dover in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Dover, 3 District, p. 238. O. Sulivan (Mason County, Kentucky) N00006164 Categories: People

Signed petition on behalf of Samuel S. True in Dover, Kentucky, on September 30, 1863.

KYR-0001-004-0046. John M. Thomas (Mason County, KY, merchant) N00006166 1836? Categories: People

Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky, merchant. Kentucky native. Merchant in Maysville in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville, Ward 2, p. 315. Abraham D. Veach (Mason County, KY, blacksmith) N00006167 1830? Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, blacksmith. Kentucky native. Married to Martha Veach. Father of Thomas H. Veach, Jesse A. Veach, Samuel W. Vech, Oscar H. Veach. Blacksmith in Mason County in 1850. Blacksmith in Dover in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 1, p. 23B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Dover, p. 238. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Dover, p. 305A. Charles Ladenburger (Mason County, Kentucky, resident) N00006176 1834? Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, resident. Native of Bavaria. Son of Philip and Elisabeth Ladenburger. Married to Mary P. Birk Ladenburger in Brown County, Ohio, on April 15, 1862. Father of George C.T. Ladenburger, John L. Ladenburger, William H. Ladenburger. Resident of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in 1860. Resident of Mason County, Kentucky, in September 1863.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Pennsylvania, Lancaster, Columbia, p. 51A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason, Dover, 308B. County Marriage Records, Ohio, 1774-1993, Brown County, film #000384276, p. 242 (accessed via Ancestry.com). William E. Tabb (Mason County, KY, miller) N00006181 1817? 1889-08-26 Categories: People

Dover, Mason County, Kentucky, miller. Kentucky native. Married to Cynthia E. Patton Tabb on November 6, 1840. Married to Sarah B. Evans Tabb on December 14, 1841. Father of Charles Tabb. Married to Amanda M. Elrod Tabb on May 6, 1846. Father of Ruth Tabb, Marcus Tabb, James Francis Tabb. Married to Mary J. Metcalfe Tabb on August 28, 1860. Miller in Dover in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Dover, District 3, p. 237. The Evening Bulletin, Maysville, Kentucky, August 27, 1889, p. 3, https://www.newspapers.com/image/71103973/?terms=Tabb (accessed 16 May 2017). Patterson C. Bullock (Mason County, KY, drayman and postmaster) N00006186 1821? Categories: People

Dover, Mason County, Kentucky, drayman and postmaster. Kentucky native. Married to Catharine Bullock. Father of Ann C. Bullock, Frank Bullock, Achilles Bullock, Ellenora Bullock, Harriet Bullock. Drayman in Dover in 1850. Waterman in Dover in 1860. Appointed postmaster of Dover on June 18, 1861.

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, p. 137 (accessed via Ancestry.com). Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Dover, District 3, p. 237. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Dover, District 1, p. 19A. John. F. Tabb (Mason County, KY, resident) N00002836 Categories: People

Signed petition on behalf of Samuel S. True in Dover, Kentucky, on September 30, 1863. Signed petition on behalf of Arthur S. Dobyns in Dover, Kentucky, on November 18, 1864.

KYR-0001-004-1302. KYR-0001-004-0046. James F. Lee (Mason County, KY, drayman) N00006189 1823? Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, drayman. Kentucky native. Drayman in Mason County in 1863.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Mason County, KY, May 1865, p. 76, (Accessed via ancestry.com). Peter S. Anderson (Mason County, Kentucky, farmer and trader.) N00006192 1802? 1888-08-31 Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, farmer and trader. Mason County, Kentucky, native. Married to Mary Patton Anderson. Father of Leonard Anderson, Elizabeth Anderson, Thomas Anderson, Amanda Anderson Dobyns. Lewis Anderson, Mollie Anderson Osborne. Farmer in Mason County in 1850. Employed John Mehatt and James Madden as farm workers in 1850. Farmer and trader in Mason County in 1860.

"A Pioneer Gone: Death of Peter S. Anderson at his Home in Dover Yesterday," The Evening Bulletin, Maysville, Kentucky, 1 Sep 1888, p. 3, https://www.newspapers.com/image/71171606/?terms=%22Peter%2BS%2BANderson%22 (accessed 16 May 2017). Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 1, p. 26A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Lower District, p. 32. Arthur F. Dobyns, Jr. (Mason County, KY, miller) N00005748 1835? Categories: People

Dover, Mason County, Kentucky, miller. Kentucky native. Son of Arthur F. Dobyns and Lamira Dobyns. Miller in Dover in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Dover, 3rd District, p. 236. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Mason County, KY, May 1865, p. 98, (Accessed via ancestry.com). Moses Moore (Mason County, KY, farmer) N00005747 1822? 1895-05 Categories: People

Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Farmer in Mason County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Lower District, p. 190. The Evening Bulletin, Maysville, Kentucky, May 28, 1895, p. 3, https://www.newspapers.com/image/71026559/?spot=4159868 (accessed May 13, 2017). Forthigal Adams (Dover, Kentucky, farmer) N00006196 1815? Categories: People

Dover, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Miranda Young Adams in Bath County, Kentucky on May 14, 1838. Father of William Adams, Julia Adams, Hesperia Adams, and Mary Adams. Wagoner drayman in Mason County, Kentucky in 1850. Farmer in Dover in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason, District 1, p. 22B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Dover, 3rd District, p. 54. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason, Dover, p. 311A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, X County Marriages, Film #000273004 Jacob C. Hess (Dover, Kentucky, police judge) N00006199 1816? 1886-05-09 Categories: People

Dover, Mason County, Kentucky, police judge. Virginia native. Married to America "Mary" Thomas Hess in Mason County, Kentucky on October 6, 1840. Father of Sarah Hess and Viola Hess. Wharf master in Mason County in 1850. Police judge of Dover in September 1863. Wharf boat and livery worker in Mason County in 1860. Appointed Dover postmaster on September 10, 1864.

Record of Appointment of Postmasters (1832-1971), NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, 145 rolls, Record Group Number 28, Dover, Mason County, KY, p. 137. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason, District 1, p. 21B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Dover, 3rd District, p. 231. "Jacob C. Hess." The Evening Bulletin, Maysville, Kentucky, 10 May 1886, p. 3, https://www.newspapers.com/image/78160993/?terms=%22Jacob%2BC%2BHess%22 (accessed 16 May 2017). Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mason County Marriages, Film #000281843. John Magill (Mason County, Kentucky) N00006200 Categories: People

Signed a petition on behalf of Samuel S. True in Dover, Kentucky, on September 30, 1863

KYR-0001-004-0046. Jared [Unknown] (Mason County, Kentucky) N00006201 Categories: People

Signed a petition on behalf of Samuel S. True in Dover, Kentucky, on September 30, 1863.

KYR-0001-004-0046. Dover, Kentucky P00002812 Categories: Places

City in Mason County, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River.

38.7581, -83.883 Robert M. Rennick, "Dover," in Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), p. 84. USGS: Earth Explorer, “Dover, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on March 3, 2020). 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. General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky O00000923 1792 Categories: Organizations

Legislative branch of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Comprised of the Kentucky House of Representatives and the Kentucky Senate.

Relationships Political: Alfred Allen (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Political: James Henry Garrard (Franklin County, Kentucky, salt maker and Kentucky state treasurer) Political: James Crockett Sayers (Kenton County, Kentucky, laborer, farmer, politician, QM & 1st lieut 32nd KY Inf USA) Political: Thomas Turner (Montgomery Co., KY, State Rep & attorney) Political: Thomas W. Owings (Meade co state rep) Political: Richard Aylett Buckner, Jr. (Lexington, KY atty, judge & speaker of State House) Political: Bryan Rust Young (Bardstown state rep) Political: John Kemp Goodloe (Woodford Co State Senator) Political: John A. Prall (Bourbon Co State Senator) Political: Joshua Tevis (Louisville, KY, State Rep & US District Atto, Col 10th Ky Cav (USA)) Political: Thomas A. Duke (Paducah State Senator & Physician) Political: Richard Clough Anderson, III (Frankfort state rep) Political: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Political: Samuel E. DeHaven (Oldham County State Sen/Rep) Political: Henry Davis McHenry (Ohio Co., KY, state rep & senator) Political: Martin Pickett Marshall (Mason Co. State Senator) Political: Curtis Field Burnam (Madison County. KY, attorney & State Rep) Political: Willis W. Gardner (Union co. State Sen.) Political: Joshua Barnes (Bath Co., KY, State Rep. & doctor) Political: James Calvert (Boone County, Kentucky, sheriff and politician) Political: Richard J. Browne (Washington Co, KY, State Rep & attorney) Political: Nathaniel Wolfe (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney, Ky rep & senator) Political: Walter C. Whitaker (Shelby Co. Ky state sen; col & genl 6th Ky Inf & Army of Cumberland USA) Political: John L. Irvan (Calloway Co. state rep) Political: John R. Thomas (Marion Co., Ky, State rep & attorney) Political: Zebulon Ward (Woodford co State Rep & former penitentiary lessee) Political: John S. Van Winkle (Wayne Co state rep) Political: Elijah Gabbert (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and KY state rep) Political: Jonas Martin (Livingston and Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer and politician.) Political: William S. Rankin (Grant County, KY, State Rep) Political: Joshua Fry Bell (Boyle Co., KY, attorney & politician) Political: Isaac Price Miller (Jefferson co. farmer & politician) Political: James Speed (U.S. Atty. General, Louisville, KY atty & state senator) Political: John B. Bruner (Breckinridge Co., KY, atty & state senator) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Economic: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: Kentucky Home Guard Military: 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Kentucky State Militia Political: John Flavel Fisk, Sr. (Covington, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Political: Leonidas Polk (Louisiana, bishop and general (C.S.A.)) Political: Simon Bolivar Buckner (Kentucky inspector general and general CSA) Political: T. & J. F. Jefferson Political: Martin A. Walker (Jefferson County, KY, flour dealer) Political: Charles Gaupin (Jefferson County, KY, flour dealer & grocer) Political: William H. Landrum (Jefferson County, KY, flour dealer & grocer) Political: John Cullen (Jefferson County, KY, flour dealer & grocer) Political: Francis Linnemann (Jefferson County, KY, flour dealer) Political: Joseph Francis Terstegge (Jefferson County, KY, flour dealer & grocer) Political: John Rausch Gheens (Jefferson County, KY, grocer & flour dealer) Political: Peter Klippel (Jefferson County, KY, grocer and flour dealer) Political: Samuel Harris (Jefferson County, KY, peddler and flour dealer) Political: Frank Struck (Jefferson County, KY, flour dealer & grocer) Political: Elias T. Oberdorfer (Jefferson County, KY, flour dealer & grocer) Political: John T. Doyle (Jefferson County, KY, flour dealer & grocer) Political: James Collings (Jefferson County, KY, flour dealer & grocer) Political: Alexander F. Clark (Jefferson County, KY, wholesale & retail grocer & flour dealer) Political: Christopher Abel (Jefferson County, KY, grocer & flour dealer & grocer) Political: Philip Winkler (Jefferson County, KY, grocer & flour dealer) Political: Joseph Martin (Jefferson County, KY, wholesale grocer & flour dealer) Political: William Gathright (Jefferson County, KY, merchant and flour dealer) Political: John R. Knott (Jefferson County, KY, clerk and flour dealer) Political: John J. Ellis (Jefferson County, KY, grocer & flour dealer) Political: Michael Enright (Jefferson County, KY, retail grocer & flour dealer) Political: Martin Breen (Jefferson County, KY, flour dealer & grocer) Political: George Hill (Jefferson County, KY, flour dealer) Political: John Snyder & Co. Political: John Gaffenberger (Jefferson County, KY, flour dealer) Political: Thomas McGrain, Jr. (Jefferson Co, KY, & Harrison Co, IN, clerk, flour dealer & merchant) Political: Paul Wilhelm Carle (Jefferson County, KY, flour dealer & grocer) Political: James Kennedy (Jefferson County, KY, flour dealer) Political: Stege & Reiling Political: Montgomery & Bro. Political: E. T. Sale & Co. Political: Marshall Halbert & Co. Political: Castleman, Murrell & Co. Political: Lane & Bartlett Wholesale Grocers Political: Albert Engelhard (Jefferson County, KY, flour dealer & wholesale grocer) Political: Nock, Wicks & Co. Political: Jack & Brother Wholesale Grocers Political: G. McCullum & Co. Political: Tait, Anderson & Co. Political: Baldwin Sanderson & Co. Political: Sage Bower & Co. Political: Billing & Dreisbach Political: Smith & Smyser Political: John B. McIlvain & Son Political: John Cochran & Son Political: J. Vernon & Son Political: N. S. Glore & Co. Political: Schuler & Hutti Political: J. S. Byers & Co. Political: John C. Ameling & Co. Political: Guy & Clark Manufacturer Political: C. Bremaker & Co. Political: H. Wedekind & Co. Political: Brown & Co. Political: Brown, Bro. & Co. Political: Kennedy Mills Political: Glazebrook Brothers & Co. Political: Weller & Parker Political: John Terry & Co. Political: William Garrard Timberlake (Jefferson Co, KY, flour inspector) Political: Joab Clark (Christian Co, KY, Clerk of Circuit Court) Political: William Brown (Christian County, Kentucky, schoolteacher, farmer, and justice of the peace)

Robert M. Ireland, The Kentucky State Constitution: A Reference Guide (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1999). “Kentucky General Assembly.” Constitution of Kentucky, Kentucky Legislative Research Commission, 2019, apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/constitution (Accessed July 23, 2019). 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. Dover, Mason County, Kentucky 1863-09-30 Petition English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": 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 "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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 Governorof Kentucky:

The undersigned Citizens of Dover, Mason County and its vicinity, would respectfully represent that Samuel S True, in the year 1859, being a grocer, obtained license from the town of Dover to sell spiritous liquors, (said Town being authorized by an act of the Legislature so to do) and believing the whole power of licensing to sell liquor was vested in the trustees of sd town, He omitted to pay the usual County tax required in such cases, and was indicted therefor in the Mason Circuit Court at its Spring Term 1859 and fined the sum of Sixty dollars and costs.

Your Petitioners, believing that said True was entirely ignorant that he was committing any violation of the state law, and that he regarded his license from the Trustees of Dover as full authority for vending spiritous liquors would respectfully and ernestly petition Your Excellency to remit said fine.

Respectfully

J. Peck

Ethan Anderson Wm Jennings Marcus Anderson P N Jennings M Smith Willis D, Lee

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Tho A Respass

Tho. P. Anderson Rob Y. Evans Jas McMillian W F Thomas Arthur F. Dobyns A Rogers

Tho A Curran

Wm O Chalfont J. C. Mitchell Jas H Anderson

Leonard C Anderson Jas McDonald

O Sulivan J. M. Thomas A. D. Veach Charles Ladenburger W E Tabb P. C. Bullock John. L. Tabb Jas. F. Lee Peter S Anderson A, F, Dobyns Jr Moses Moore F Adams J C Hess (Police Judge of Dover) John Magilll Jared frak

Thomas Mooran

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Dover. Ky. Septr. 30th 1863.

The facts as set forth in the above petition are to my knowledge true, and furnish a case deserving the Executive interposition

M Smith

Mason Cir Court vs S. S, True Respited for 6 months 3d Oct 1863