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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-0001-004-0141 BR8-218 to BR8-219

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky John Cosden (Louisville laborer) N00001237 1832? 1891-04-05 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, laborer. Maryland native. Married to Mary Cosden. Indicted under the name John Crosby in the Jefferson Circuit Court in Louisville in 1863.

Relationships Legal: Leonidas Chambers (Louisville lawyer/Dpty Clk Circuit Ct) Legal: Lewis P. Garrett (Louisville, brick layer ) Legal: James Hughs (Jefferson Co., Kentucky) Legal: C. Henry Finck (Louisville liquor dealer) Legal: Michael Billing (Louisville, Kentucky, shoemaker and grocer) Legal: Joseph H. Myers (Louisville, Kentucky, cabinet maker) Social: William Wadle (Louisville, teamster) Social: [Unknown] McDowell (Captain McDowell, Louisville, KY) Social: Henry J. Smith (Louisville, butcher) Social: Alexander M. Mackay (Louisville teamster) Social: Alvin Alexander Chickering (Louisville, KY, grocer and bottler) Social: Benjamin G. Harris (Louisville grocer) Social: William Mullikin (Jefferson Co.) Social: Thomas J. Muir (Louisville) Social: Thomas O. Hawes (Jefferson County, Kentucky) Social: M. Flanigan (Jefferson County, Kentucky) Social: Matthew Boston (Louisville river man) Social: Clinton Pearce (Louisville corker) Social: John E. Littrell (Louisville laborer) Social: L. T. Smith (Jefferson County, Kentucky) Social: James Gray (Ballard Co.) Social: S. W. Watson (Jefferson County, Kentucky) Social: W. Townsend (Jefferson Co., Kentucky) Social: James Lezer (Jefferson County, Kentucky) Social: Enos Sutton (Louisville, river man) Social: Marshall Jameson (Louisville Teamster) Social: George Jackson (Jefferson County, Kentucky) Social: John B. Bell (Louisville, KY, Tavern Keeper & notary public) Social: Jacob Varble (Louisville laborer) Social: John Jamerson (Louisville Teamster) Social: S. Piogee (Jefferson Co., Kentucky) Social: William H. Page (Louisville laborer) Social: John Odell (Jefferson County, Kentucky) Social: William William (Jefferson County, Kentucky) Social: Pinkney Varble (Louisville, Kentucky, riverboat captain) Social: John O'Connor (Jefferson County, Kentucky) Social: Jacob T. Sheppard (Louisville, Kentucky, plasterer and huckster) Social: James Kirkpatrick (Louisville, Ky, policeman & police chief) Social: James Wells (Jefferson County, Kentucky) Social: James L. Turner (Louisville police officer) Social: John T. Detchen (Louisville store clerk ) Social: William H. McClish (Louisville Merchant) Social: De Witt Clinton Rowland (Railroad Superintendent, Louisville)

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, 4th Ward, p. 6. Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911), KDLA, Roll #7007128, Louisville Deaths, p. 368. KYR-0001-004-0141. Joseph H. Myers (Louisville, Kentucky, cabinet maker) N00001238 1826? Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, cabinet maker. Native of Baden. Married to Margaret Meyers. Father of Josephine Meyers, Joseph Meyers, and Louisa Meyers. Cabinet maker in Louisville in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Charles Smith (Louisville, Kentucky, soldier) Political: Charles Smith (Louisville, Kentucky, soldier)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 4, p. 25. Michael Billing (Louisville, Kentucky, shoemaker and grocer) N00001239 1821? 1881-12-20 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, shoemaker and grocer. Native of Germany. Married to Catherine Billing. Father of Michael Billing, Jr., Catherine Billing, George Billing, Mena Billing, Louis Billing, Susan Billing, William Billing, and Lorena Billing. Shoemaker in Louisville in 1860. Operated a grocery in partnership with George Driesbach in 1861.

Relationships Political: Charles Smith (Louisville, Kentucky, soldier) Legal: Charles Smith (Louisville, Kentucky, soldier)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, 6th Ward, stamped p. 279. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, 1st Ward, p. 185. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, 10th Ward, p. 98. Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911), KDLA, Roll #7007127, Louisville Deaths, p. 190. Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861, ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 34. C. Henry Finck (Louisville liquor dealer) N00001240 1831 1878-10-14 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, liquor merchant. Native of Hanover, Germany. Married to Lizzie Jacobs Finck in Louisville on February 11, 1858. Father of six children. Master Mason in Willis Stewart Lodge. Founded the Western Insurance Bank and served as President. Helped establish the German-English Academy, the Orphans' Society, the Protestant German Orphan Asylum. Served as director of Southern Mutual Life Insurance Company.

Relationships Social: John McClure () Social: William Banks (Louisville, Kentucky, resident)

Henry Tanner, ed., Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 87. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, p. 64-65. Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911), KDLA, Roll #7007126, Louisville Deaths, p. 306-07. “C. Henry Finck Dead,” Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), October 15, 1878, p. 4. James Hughs (Jefferson Co., Kentucky) N00001241 Categories: People

Signed petition for pardon of John Cosden in the Jefferson County Circuit Court on October 29, 1863.

KYR-0001-004-0141. Lewis P. Garrett (Louisville, brick layer ) N00001242 1819 1900-10-10 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, brick layer. Shelby County, Kentucky, native. Married to Elizabeth Lambert Garrett. Father of William Garrett, Charles Garrett, and Theodore Garrett. Bricklayer in Louisville in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, 8th Ward, p. 331. Henry Tanner, ed., Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 97. Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911), KDLA, Roll #7007129, Louisville Deaths, p. 15-16. Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7017454, Jefferson County Deaths, File #14165. James P. Chambers (Jefferson Co, Ky, court clerk and attorney) N002041 1830? 1898 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, attorney and court clerk. Kentucky native. Married to Eliza Chambers. Father of Samuel Chambers and Henry Chambers. Graduate of University of Louisville law school in 1847. Confirmed as a notary public in Jefferson County on February 5, 1861. Clerk of the Jefferson Circuit Court from 1861 to 1866.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 4, p. 71. Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 7007129: Jefferson County, Books 9-11, p. 445. Catalogue of the Officers and Students in the Law Department of the University of Louisville, Session of 1859-’60 (Louisville: Hull & Brother, 1860), 9. Edwards’ Annual Directory to the Inhabitants, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business Firms, Etc., in the City of Louisville, for 1865-6, eds. Edward, Greenough, and DeVed (Louisville: Edward, Greenough, & DeVed, 1866), 243. Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861, ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 54. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, 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, 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), 347-350. KYR-0001-017-0062. Leonidas Chambers (Louisville lawyer/Dpty Clk Circuit Ct) N00001244 1827? 1889-08-16 Categories: People

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Bell Chambers. Attorney in Louisville in 1860. Chief Deputy Clerk of the Jefferson County Court.

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

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 5, p. 140. “Lee Chambers Dead,” Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), August 17, 1889, p. 8. John E. Littrell (Louisville laborer) N00001245 1846-04-24 1911-02-04 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Son of John W. Littrell and Delila Littrell. Resident in Louisville in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 2, p. 258. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 1, p. 24. Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7016131, Jefferson County Deaths, File #3783. William H. Page (Louisville laborer) N00001247 1824? Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, laborer. Georgia native. Married to Emily Lowry Page in Jefferson County on January 19, 1850. Married to Ada Page. Father of Amanda Page and Daniel Page. Laborer in Louisville in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 2, p. 393. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 1, p. 1. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages. Henry Tanner, ed., Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 191. John Jamerson (Louisville Teamster) N00001249 1837? 1887-02-04 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, teamster. Native of Ireland. Teamster in Louisville in 1860.

Louisville, Kentucky, corker. Indiana native. Married to Lewellen Pearce. Father of Charles Pearce, Samuel Pearce, John J. C. Pearce, and William Pearce. Corker in Louisville in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 1, p. 58. Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, p. 43. John B. Bell (Louisville, KY, Tavern Keeper & notary public) N00001250 1812-12-23 1883-09-05 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, tavern keeper and notary public. Native of Ireland. Married to Mary Bell. Father of Hugh Bell, Sarah Bell, and Elizabeth Bell. Tavern keeper in Louisville in 1860. Employed James Boyle as a barkeeper in Louisville in 1860. Confirmed as a notary public in Jefferson County on February 5, 1861.

Relationships Legal: Robert A. Watts (Jefferson County, Kentucky) Legal: Lovell Harrison Rousseau (Louisville, KY, attorney, Col. 5th KY, General Army of Ohio (USA))

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 2, p. 402. Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911), KDLA, Roll #7007127, Louisville Deaths, p. 356. Find A Grave, "John Bell (1812-1883)," Memorial #156627642, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156627642 (accessed January 18, 2018). KYR-0001-017-0062. Marshall Jameson (Louisville Teamster) N00001252 1840? 1884-02-18 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, teamster. Native of Ireland. Teamster in Louisville in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 2, p. 402. Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911), KDLA, Roll #7007127, Jefferson County Deaths, p. 12. Enos Sutton (Louisville, river man) N00001253 1836? 1900-01-09 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, river man and soldier. Pennsylvania native. River man in Louisville in 1860. Enlisted as a private in the 5th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) on July 1, 1861.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 2, p. 403. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 690. Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900, compiled 1949 - 1949, documenting the period 1861 - 1942, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T289, Roll 158. [Unknown] McDowell (Captain McDowell, Louisville, KY) N00008313 Categories: People

Signed a petition for pardon of John Cosden in the Jefferson Circuit Court in Jefferson County on October 29, 1863.

KYR-0001-004-0141. James Lezer (Jefferson County, Kentucky) N00001261 Categories: People

Signed petition for pardon of John Cosden in the Jefferson County Circuit Court on October 29, 1863.

KYR-0001-004-0141. W. Townsend (Jefferson Co., Kentucky) N00001262 Categories: People

Signed petition for pardon of John Cosden in the Jefferson County Circuit Court on October 29, 1863.

KYR-0001-004-0141. Matthew Boston (Louisville river man) N00001263 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, laborer and river man. Kentucky native. Married to Tamson Webster Boston in 1837. Father of Rozella Boston, James Boston, Sarah Boston, Laura Boston, and John Boston. Laborer in Louisville in 1850. River man in Boston in 1861.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 1, stamped p. 29. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 1, p. 6. Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7019799, Jefferson County Deaths, File #3686 Henry Tanner, ed., Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 38. Henry J. Smith (Louisville, butcher) N00001264 1839-11-03 1913-03-15 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, butcher. Kentucky native. Son of Henry Smith and Elsy Smith. Married to Matilda Smith. Father of Alonzo Smith. Butcher in Louisville in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 1, p. 15. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 1, p. 110. Henry Tanner, ed., Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 220. Find A Grave, "Henry J. Smith (1839-1913)," Memorial #67630862, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67630862 (accessed October 16, 2017). M. Flanigan (Jefferson County, Kentucky) N00001246 Categories: People

Signed petition for pardon of John Cosden in the Jefferson County Circuit Court on October 29, 1863.

KYR-0001-004-0141. S. Piogee (Jefferson Co., Kentucky) N00001248 Categories: People

Signed petition for pardon of John Cosden in the Jefferson County Circuit Court on October 29, 1863.

KYR-0001-004-0141. Jacob Varble (Louisville laborer) N00001254 1800? Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, laborer. Kentucky native. Married to Margaret Varble. Father of William Varble. Laborer in Louisville in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 2, p. 391. Henry Tanner, ed., Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 251. Henry C. Russell (Louisville, Kentucky, deputy marshal for Louisville east district) N002033 1813? 1889 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, deputy marshal. Kentucky native. Married to Harriet Pilcher Russell in Oldham County, Kentucky, on September 21, 1833. Father of Catherine "Kate" Russell, Eliza Russell, Telitha Augustus Russell Smith, Mary C. Russell Buchanan, Corrilla Russell, Columbus Russell, Lucretia Russell Johnson, Alice Russell, and Fanny Russell. Innkeeper in Oldham County, in 1850. Employed Rich C. Calloway in Oldham County in 1850. Deputy city marshal in Louisville in 1860. Deputy marshal for the east district of the Louisville City Court in Louisville in 1861.

Relationships Social: John Hopkins Harney (Lou. Democrat publisher) Social: Joshua Fry Bullitt (Louisville. Ct. of Appeals Judge) Social: Charles Freedley (Louisville) Social: Harry Innes Todd, Sr. (Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant and penitentiary keeper)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Oldham County, Division 1, p. 147B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 2, p. 264. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 5, p. 494A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Oldham County Marriages, Film 000482444, p. 167. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000819620, p. 253. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 007723044, p. 51. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 25969. Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861, ed. Henry Tanner, (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 324. “Society,” Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), March 24, 1889, p. 6. KYR-0001-004-0134. George Jackson (Jefferson County, Kentucky) N00001256 Categories: People

Signed petition for pardon of John Cosden in the Jefferson County Circuit Court on October 29, 1863.

KYR-0001-004-0141. William Wadle (Louisville, teamster) N00001257 1825? Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, teamster. Kentucky native. Married to Anna Wadle. Father of William Wadle, James Wadle, John Wadle, Amelia Wadle, and Kate Wadle. Teamster in Louisville in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 2, p. 387. Thomas O. Hawes (Jefferson County, Kentucky) N00001259 Categories: People

Signed petition for pardon of John Cosden in the Jefferson County Circuit Court on October 29, 1863.

KYR-0001-004-0141. S. W. Watson (Jefferson County, Kentucky) N00001271 Categories: People

Signed petition for pardon of John Cosden in the Jefferson County Circuit Court on October 29, 1863.

KYR-0001-004-0141. L. T. Smith (Jefferson County, Kentucky) N00001273 Categories: People

Signed petition for pardon of John Cosden in the Jefferson County Circuit Court on October 29, 1863.

KYR-0001-004-0141. William Mullikin (Jefferson Co.) N00001276 Categories: People

Signed petition for pardon of John Cosden in the Jefferson County Circuit Court on October 29, 1863.

KYR-0001-004-0141. James L. Turner (Louisville police officer) N00001279 1822-06-01 1912-03-01 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, police officer. Ohio native. Son of James E. Turner and Martha Crandal Turner. Married to Mary Turner. Father of Anna M. Turner, Martha E. Turner, and Lilly L. Turner. Police officer in Louisville in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 1, p. 42. Henry Tanner, ed., Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 249. Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7016142, Jefferson County Deaths, File #7115. James Kirkpatrick (Louisville, Ky, policeman & police chief) N00001229 1816? Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, policeman. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah Kirkpatrick. Father of Elizabeth Kirkpatrick, Alice R. Kirkpatrick, Sarah B. Kirkpatrick, and William R. Kirkpatrick. Day policeman in the 5th Ward in Louisville, Kentucky. Chief of police in Louisville from March 1856 to 1857.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 5, p. 153-154. Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 , ed. Henry Tanner, (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 141, 323. Morton O. Childress, "Louisville Police Department" in The Encyclopedia of Louisville, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2001), 506. Alvin Alexander Chickering (Louisville, KY, grocer and bottler) N00001230 1821-06-07 1896-03-31 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, bottler and grocer. New Hampshire native. Married to Helen Mary Hale Chickering. Father of Frank Chickering, Isabel Chickering, Alice Chickering, Alvin Chickering, Katie Chickering, Ida Chickering, and Lilly Chickering. Bottler in Louisville in 1860. Grocer in Louisville in 1860. Employed Frank Chickering as a clerk in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 2, p. 259. “A. A. Chickering, Sr.,” Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), April 1, 1896, p. 10. "Alvin Alexander Chickering (1821-1896)," Find A Grave, Memorial #95039583, accessed October 6, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95039583. Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7019174, Jefferson County Deaths, File #1761. J. T. Sheppard (Jefferson County, Kentucky) N00001231 Categories: People

Signed petition for pardon of John Cosden in the Jefferson County Circuit Court on October 29, 1863.

Relationships Political: James H. Montgomery (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, tailor. )

KYR-0001-004-0141. John O'Connor (Jefferson County, Kentucky) N00001232 Categories: People

Signed petition for pardon of John Cosden in the Jefferson County Circuit Court on October 29, 1863.

KYR-0001-004-0141. Pinkney Varble (Louisville, Kentucky, riverboat captain) N00001233 1828-09-05 1892-04-02 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, riverboat captain. North Carolina native. Married to Mary Frances Littrell Varble in 1852. Father of Mary C. Varble, Nelson L. Varble, Pinkney Varble, Jr., Melvin D. Varble. Falls pilot in Louisville in 1860 and 1870. Owned and captained steamboats which transported troops and supplies during the Civil War.

W. H. Perrin, J. H. Battle, and G. C. Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State, 8th ed. (Louisville and Chicago: F. A. Battey and Company, 1888), 919-20. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 1, p. 124. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 4, p. 20. Find A Grave, "Daniel Pinkney "Pink" Varble (1828-1892)," Memorial #84250064, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84250064 (accessed October 26, 2017). “Reminiscences of Capt. "Pink" Varble,” Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), August 8, 1897, p. A6. William William (Jefferson County, Kentucky) N00001234 Categories: People

Signed petition for pardon of John Cosden in the Jefferson County Circuit Court on October 29, 1863.

KYR-0001-004-0141. Alexander M. Mackay (Louisville teamster) N00001235 1834? 1907-06 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, teamster. Native of Scotland. Educated in Scotland. Operated lumber yard in Louisville.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 4, p. 20. Edwards' Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville, For 1868 (St. Louis and New York: Edwards & Co. Publishers, 1868), p. 299. “Dies as Recluse,” Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), June 5, 1907, p. 3. Find A Grave, "Alexander M. Mackay (unknown-1907)," Memorial #149138543, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149138543 (accessed October 6, 2017). John Odell (Jefferson County, Kentucky) N00001236 1811? Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, boat dealer. Kentucky native. Married to Melinda Cox Odell. Father of Isabell Odell and William H. Odell.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 1, p. 5. Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7016229, Jefferson County Deaths, File #11581. James Gray (Ballard Co.) N00001272 Categories: People

Signed petition for pardon of John Cosden in the Jefferson County Circuit Court on October 29, 1863.

KYR-0001-004-0141. Thomas J. Muir (Louisville) N00001274 Categories: People

Signed petition for pardon of John Cosden in the Jefferson County Circuit Court on October 29, 1863.

KYR-0001-004-0141. De Witt Clinton Rowland (Railroad Superintendent, Louisville) N00001277 1829-07-13 1894-07-21 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, railroad superintendent. Hartford, Connecticut, native. Married to Eliza Page Rowland. Father of Cliff W. Rowland and John B. A. Rowland. Worked as conductor and master of transportation on the Mobile & Ohio Railroad and the Tennessee & Alabama Railroad. Appointed assistant superintendent of Military Railroads, Department of the Cumberland. Served as general superintendent of the army freight line in Louisville and assistant superintendent of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferswon County, Louisville, 8th Ward, p. 50. “D. W. C. Rowland Dead,” Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), July 22, 1894, p. 8. E. H. Talbott and H. R. Hobart, eds., The Biographical Directory of the Railway Officials of America (Chicago and New York: The Railway Age Publishing Company, 1885), 210-211. Benjamin G. Harris (Louisville grocer) N00001280 Categories: People

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, grocer. Grocer in Louisville in 1861.

Henry Tanner, ed., Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 118. William H. McClish (Louisville Merchant) N00001275 1826? Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, fish merchant. Married to Corrina Scott McClish. Father of Robert McClish, William McClish, Cedena McClish, and Rosa McClish. Fish merchant in Louisville in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 3, p. 78. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 4, p. 12. Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7019800, Jefferson County Deaths, File #29211. John T. Detchen (Louisville store clerk ) N00001278 1839? Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, store clerk. Kentucky native.

Henry Tanner, ed., Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 72. Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, p. 1. James Wells (Jefferson County, Kentucky) N00001281 Categories: People

Signed petition for pardon of John Cosden in the Jefferson County Circuit Court on October 29, 1863.

KYR-0001-004-0141. 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. Louisville, Kentucky P00000337 Categories: Places

Seat of Jefferson County, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2527, -85.7585 "Louisville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 12, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 179. Jefferson County, Kentucky P001005 Categories: Places

County in north central Kentucky. Seat at Louisville. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2542, -85.7594 George H. Yater, "Jefferson County," in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 464-67. "Louisville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 23, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Jefferson Circuit Court O001000 1850 Categories: Organizations

Part of the 7th Judicial District of Kentucky. Serves Jefferson County, Kentucky, with courthouse at Louisville. Judge(s): Peter B. Muir, George W. Johnston. Commonwealth's Attorney(s): Edwin S. Craig, James R. Dupuy. Clerk(s): James P. Chambers

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-08. 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. 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. Edwards’ Annual Directory to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business Firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville for 1865-6 (Louisville: Edwards, Greenough, & Deved, pub., 1866), 155. J. D. Campbell’s Louisville Business Directory for 1864, ed. J. D. Campbell (Louisville: L. A. Civill, Publisher, Bookseller, Printer and Bookbinder, 1864), 70. Tanner’s Louisville Directory, and Business Advertiser for 1861, ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 324. Baird & Price O001006 1860? 1878? Categories: Organizations

Law firm in Louisville, Kentucky. Partners: Robert F. Baird and Jonathan Hobson Price.

Edwards' Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville, For 1865-6 (Louisville: Edwards, Greenough & Deved, 1866), 196. John Petrie, “Noted Characters Memorable to Louisville: Jonathan Hobson Price,” Louisville Courier-Journal, March 19, 1916, C1. Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky 1863-10-29 Petition English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 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.

We the undersigned Members of the Jury who tried John Cosden on a charge of Larceny, recommend him to an Executive pardon -- Louisville Octo. 29. 1863 --

J. H. Myers fmM. Billings C. Henry Finck Jas Hughs L. P. Garrett

I hereby certify that the names of these persons herein named were jurors in the case of Jno Cosden indicted as Jno Crosby in Jefferson Circuit Ct

Jas P Chambers by Lee Chambers D C

We the undersigned neighbors and acquaintances of John Cosdon ask your Excellency to pardon him.

J. E. Littrell W H. Page John Jameson Clinton Pearce John Bell Marshall Jameson Enos Sutton Capt McDowell James lezer W townsend J. P. Chambers M Boston Henry J Smith M Flanigan S Piogee J varble H C Russell George Jackson Wallim Wadle Thomas O Hawes

S. W. Watson L. T. Smith Wm Mullikin James. L. Turner (Watchman, made the arrest) James Kirkpatrick (Ex-Chief of Police) Baird & Price (Attos at Law -- A A Chickering J T Sheppard John OConnor Pink Varble Wm William Alexr Mackay John Odell James Gray Thomas J Muir. D. W. Rowland. Ben G Harris W. H. McClish J T Detchen Jas Wells

Jefferson County

Cosdens Pet for Pardon

Refused Tho E Bramlette