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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-0001-004-0099 BR8-148

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Elijah Wilkins (Muhlenberg County farmer) N00006807 1814? 1875-11-30 Categories: People

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of James Wilkins and Peggy Wilkins. Married to Sarah Wilkins. Father of Margret E. Wilkins, Jesse Wilkins, Polly Wilkins, Iva Wilkins, Edmond Wilkins, Josephine Wilkins. Farmer in Muhlenberg County in 1850. Farmer in Muhlenberg County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: James P. McIntire (Muhlenberg County sheriff and carpenter) Legal: Jesse H. Reno (Muhlenberg Circuit Court clerk and quartermaster, 11th KY Infantry) Legal: Thomas J. Jones (Muhlenberg County merchant and deputy Muhlenberg Circuit Court Clerk) Legal: Edward P. Campbell (Caldwell County, Ky, 1865 Hopkinsville, Ky, attorney Comwlth Atty in late 1860) Social: John Gregory (Muhlenberg County farmer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Subdivision 2, p. 473. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County,District 1, p. 685. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994050, Muhlenburg County Marriages. John Gregory (Muhlenberg County farmer) N00006790 1825? Categories: People

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, farmer. Tennessee native. Married to Elizabeth Gregory. Father of George Gregory, John Gregory. Farmer in Todd County in 1850. Farmer in Muhlenberg County in 1860. Employed James C. Gregory in Muhlenberg County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: James P. McIntire (Muhlenberg County sheriff and carpenter) Legal: Jesse H. Reno (Muhlenberg Circuit Court clerk and quartermaster, 11th KY Infantry) Legal: Thomas J. Jones (Muhlenberg County merchant and deputy Muhlenberg Circuit Court Clerk) Legal: Edward P. Campbell (Caldwell County, Ky, 1865 Hopkinsville, Ky, attorney Comwlth Atty in late 1860)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Todd County, District 2, p. 245A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 1, p. 664. Jesse H. Reno (Muhlenberg Circuit Court clerk and quartermaster, 11th KY Infantry) N00006792 1817-04-25 1895-06-02 Categories: People

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, circuit clerk. Kentucky native. Son of Lewis Reno, Jr., and Sarah Kincheloe Reno. Married to Harriet M. Reno. Father of Jane Reno, Agnes Reno, Jessie Reno, Edward E. Reno. Married to Mary P. Reno. Clerk of the Muhlenberg Circuit Court in Muhlenberg County from 1859 to 1866. Quartermaster of the 11th Kentucky Infantry (U.S.A.) from December 9,1861 to March 17, 1862.

Relationships Economic: Muhlenberg County Court Legal: Thomas C. Dabney (Trigg County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Economic: Muhlenberg Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 1, p. 598-599. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Greenville, p. 447B-448A. . “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1859,” in 1860 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 16. (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1860), 291. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1860,” in 1861 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 14. (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1861), 359. “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. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 824. Find A Grave, "Jesse H. Reno (April 25, 1817-June 2, 1895)," Memorial #15012386, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15012386 (accessed February 23, 2018). James P. McIntire (Muhlenberg County sheriff and carpenter) N00006806 1826? Categories: People

Muhlenberg County, carpenter and sheriff. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth A. McIntire. Father of Margaret J. McIntire, Porthena V. McIntire, Laura A. McIntire. Carpenter in Muhlenberg County in 1860. Sheriff in Muhlenberg County in 1863.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 1, p. 657. KYR-0001-002-0099. Edward P. Campbell (Caldwell County, Ky, 1865 Hopkinsville, Ky, attorney Comwlth Atty in late 1860) N00002633 1832-10-21 1896-06-30 Categories: People

Caldwell County, Kentucky, attorney and commonwealth's attorney. Kentucky native. Son of Samuel Campbell and Lucy Wilcox Campbell. Married to Caroline E. Taylor Campbell in 1858. Father of Richard T. Campbell, Edward Thurlo Campbell, Walter Campbell, Charles Campbell, Hugh Campbell, and Flavius Campbell. Graduate of Cumberland College in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1854. Attorney in Caldwell County in 1856. Attorney in Caldwell County in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1860. Commonwealth's attorney for the Second Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1860 to 1868. Resident of Christian County, Kentucky, in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Matthew McCallister (Trimble County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: William T. Kennedy (Todd County, Kentucky, wool carder) Legal: William H. Norman (Todd County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Elijah Jones (Todd County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Todd Circuit Court Political: Mortimer D. Hay (Muhlenburg County, Kentucky, attorney) Social: Thomas E. Henderson (Trigg County, KY, farmer) Social: William Wells (Caldwell County, Kentucky, blacksmith) Social: John Lewis (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Newman Estes (Caldwell County, Kentucky, grocery merchant) Legal: Caldwell Circuit Court Legal: James S. Lowey (Caldwell County, Kentucky, wagonmaker & county jailor) Legal: John D. Edwards (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and juror) Legal: Robert Wilford (Trigg County, Kentucky, overseer, farmer, and juror) Legal: James Henry Lawrence (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and juror) Legal: Nathan R. Wallace (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and juror) Legal: Clayton Gilliam (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and juror) Legal: William H. Stewart (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and juror) Legal: Francis W. Dodds (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and deputy sheriff.) Legal: Thomas Wynn (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and juror) Legal: James Richardson (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and juror) Legal: Crofford Adair (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and juror) Legal: Thomas Jones (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and juror) Legal: Moses Malone (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and juror) Legal: William M. Gladish (Christian County, Kentucky, farmer, Juror) Social: John R. Boyd (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and pvt 17th KY Cav USA) Social: John J. Crittenden Boyd (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer, corp & musician 48th Ill Inf and corporal 17th KY Cav USA) Familial: Richard T. Campbell (Caldwell County, Kentucky)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 116. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedule, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 218B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 389A. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994029, Caldwell County Births. The Biographical Encyclopædia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century, vol. 1 (Cincinnati: J. M. Armstrong & Company, 1878), 360. Memorial Records of Western Kentucky, vol. 1 (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1904), 321-23. Thomas J. Jones (Muhlenberg County merchant and deputy Muhlenberg Circuit Court Clerk) N00006706 1826? Categories: People

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, merchant and deputy clerk. Kentucky native. Married to Eunice Jones. Merchant in Muhlenberg County in 1850. Owned five enslaved persons in 1850. Deputy clerk of Muhlenberg Circuit Court in Muhlenberg County from 1860 to 1864.

Relationships Legal: Jesse H. Reno (Muhlenberg Circuit Court clerk and quartermaster, 11th KY Infantry) Economic: Muhlenberg County Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Subdivision 2, p. 255. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 1, p. 40. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 1, p. 4. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Greenville, p. 5. Muhlenberg County, Kentucky P00000445 Categories: Places

Seat at Greenville. Located on the Green River.

37.2012, -87.1789 "Greenville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 21, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Otto A. Rothert, A History of Muhlenberg County (Louisville, KY: John P. Morton and Company, 1913), xvii. 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. Muhlenberg Circuit Court O00000421 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 2nd Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): Thomas C. Dabney and R. T. Petree. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): E. P. Campbell. Clerk(s): J. H. Reno.

Relationships Legal: Joseph J. Wells, Jr. (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Legal: James J. Wood (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, justice of the peace) Legal: John Downing (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, justice of the peace) Legal: J. L. Sperting (Justice of the peace in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky) Legal: Hampton P. Welborn (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky farmer, minister, and justice of the peace) Legal: Matthew B. Clark (Muhlenberg co, Ky farmer and justice of the peace) Legal: Absalom Low (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Legal: Jesse Millard (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Legal: C. D. Morehead (Justice of the peace in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky) Legal: William G. Jones (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, teacher, farmer, and justice of the peace) Economic: Richard T. Petree (Hopkinsville, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Economic: Joseph Ricketts (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, attorney) Economic: Sylvanus J. Boyd (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, attorney) Economic: J. H. Lowry (Todd County, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Economic: William B. Harrison (Elkton, Kentucky, attorney) Economic: Samuel W. Kennedy (Elkton, Kentucky, attorney) Economic: Hazel G. Petree, Jr. (Elkton, Kentucky, attorney) Economic: Francis Marion Bristow (Todd County, KY, attorney and state rep & senator) Economic: Mortimer D. Hay (Muhlenburg County, Kentucky, attorney) Economic: B. E. Pittman (Muhlenburg co lawyer) Economic: Charles C. Eaves (Muhlenberg Co, KY, attorney and state rep) Legal: Muhlenberg County Court Legal: John B. Campbell (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, Commonwealth’s Attorney Pro tem Muhlenberg Circuit Court) Legal: David Washington Jernigan (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Ira Calloway Skipworth (Muhlenberg County) Legal: William H. James (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: John Jenkins (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Joseph Paptow (Resident of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky) Legal: Raughley Sullivan (Muhlenberg County) Legal: James W. Sullivan (Muhlenberg County) Economic: James P. McIntire (Muhlenberg County sheriff and carpenter) Economic: Jesse H. Reno (Muhlenberg Circuit Court clerk and quartermaster, 11th KY Infantry) Economic: Thomas J. Jones (Muhlenberg County merchant and deputy Muhlenberg Circuit Court Clerk) Economic: Edward P. Campbell (Caldwell County, Ky, 1865 Hopkinsville, Ky, attorney Comwlth Atty in late 1860) Legal: J. W. Simpson () Legal: Thomas Phillip Boggess (Muhlenberg Co., Ky, tavern keeper and farmer) Legal: Jesse H. Reno (Muhlenberg Circuit Court clerk and quartermaster, 11th KY Infantry) Legal: Thomas C. Dabney (Trigg County, Kentucky, attorney and judge)

“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. Muhlenberg County, Kentucky 1864-09-02 Order 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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The Commonwealth of Kentucky To the sheriff ofMuhlenberg County,

We command you that of the estate of Elijah Wilkins and John Gregory you cause to be made the sum of One hundred dollars which the Commonwealth of Kentucky late in our Muhlenberg Circuit Court hath recovered against them for forfeited Recognizance with interest thereon from the 13th day of May 1861, until paid; also, the sum of three dollars and 55 cents which in the said Court, was adjudged to the said Commonwealth of Kentucky for her costs in that suit expended; whereof the said defendants is Convicted, as appears to us of record; and that you have said sums of money before our said Court, on the 14 day of Novr 1863, to render to the said The Comlth of Kentucky, debt interest, and costs aforesaid; and have then there this writ,

Witness J. H. Reno Clerk of said Court, this 29 day of Septr 1863.

J, H, Reno Clk

Came to hand sept 30th 1863. at 10 Oclk A.M.

Jas P. McIntire s. m. c.

$30.= Recd of Elijah Willkins the sum of Thirty dollars infull of amount due me as Comth atty on this Execution Nov 12" 1863.

E. P. Campbell

The foregoing is a true copy of an execution now in the hands of the sheriff of Muhlenberg County together with the endorsements thereon -- Witness my hand as deputy for J. H. Reno clerk of the Muhlenberg Circuit Court, this 2d day of September 1864.

Tho. J. Jones D. C. for J. H. Reno C. M. C. C.

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Comlth of Ky vs } fifa E. Wilkins &c Copy

Muhlenberg Co Ansd