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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-0001-004-0178 BR8-285

Mason County, Kentucky Peter Miller (Maysville, Kentucky, coffee house owner) N00002896 1824? Categories: People

Maysville, Kentucky, coffee house owner. Native of Germany. Married to Sarah Stevens Miller. Father of Henry Miller, Sarah Miller, Sally Miller, Peter Miller, and Frederick Miller. Laborer in Mason County, Kentucky in 1850. Coffee house owner in Mason County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Mason Circuit Court Social: Samuel W. Wood (Mason County, Kentucky, city collector) Social: Ed [unknown] (Enslaved person in Mason County, Kentucky) Legal: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 1, p. 30A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville, Ward 3, p. 341. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #15174. Ed [unknown] (Enslaved person in Mason County, Kentucky) N00002897 1842? Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, enslaved person. Enslaved by Samuel W. Wood in Mason County, Kentucky, in 1860. Hired out to Nathaniel Oldham in Mason County in 1863.

Relationships Slavery: Samuel W. Wood (Mason County, Kentucky, city collector) Economic: Peter Miller (Maysville, Kentucky, coffee house owner) Legal: Mason Circuit Court Slavery: Nathaniel Oldham (Mason County, Kentucky, barber) Social: Peter Miller (Maysville, Kentucky, coffee house owner)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mason, Maysville, p. 5A. KYR-0001-004-0178. Samuel W. Wood (Mason County, Kentucky, city collector) N00002898 1800? Categories: People

Maysville, Kentucky, city collector. Kentucky native. Married to Margaret L. Wheatley on July 30, 1830, in Mason County, Kentucky. Married to Mary A. Hull. Father of Henry Dorsey Wood and Amelia Bassett Wood. Magistrate in Mason County in 1850. City collector in Mason County in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Mason County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Mason Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville, p. 47B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville, p. 360. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville, p. 5A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mason County Marriages, Film #000281842. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994084, Mason County Births, p. 7. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #31288. Nathaniel Oldham (Mason County, Kentucky, barber) N00002900 1820? Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, barber. Kentucky native. Married to Angeline Oldham. Father of Nathaniel Oldham. Barber in Mason County, Kentucky, in 1850. Barber in Mason County in 1860. Employed Thomas Mason as an apprentice barber in Mason County in 1860. Hired Ed [Unknown] as an enslaved man from Samuel W. Wood in 1863.

Relationships Economic: Ed [unknown] (Enslaved person in Mason County, Kentucky) Economic: Peter Miller (Maysville, Kentucky, coffee house owner) Legal: Mason Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville District 1, p. 52A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville, p. 363. KYR-0001-004-0280. John Morton Duke, Jr. (Maysville, Kentucky, attorney and circuit court clerk) N00002672 1837? 1902-01-06 Categories: People

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

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

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville, District 2, p. 104B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville, District 2. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville, p. 313. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville, p. 5A. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Kentucky, 9th Congressional District, Vol. 1, September 1863, p. 97, p. 100 of microfilm, (Accessed via ancestry.com on May 19, 2020). “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862,” in 1863 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 24. (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 298-306. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863,” in 1864 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 10. (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-306. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864,” in 1865 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 9-12. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865,” in 1865/66 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 9-12. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1866,” in 1866 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-350. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts, of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1867 in 1867 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1867), p. 356. The Dewees Family : Genealogical data, biographical facts and historical information, Mrs. Philip E. LaMunyan, Ellwood Roberts, ed. Norristown, PA: William H. Roberts, 1905, 44-45. Mason County, Kentucky P00000446 Categories: Places

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

38.6412, -83.7444 Jean W. Calvert, “Mason County” and “Maysville,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), p. 614, 621-22. "Maysville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed October 21, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. 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. 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. Mason County, Kentucky Legal/Financial English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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Mason Circuit Court The Commonwealth of Kentucky Plaintiff Against } Copy agreement of facts & Judgment Peter MillerDefendant

It is agreed that the negro boy Edbelonged to Saml. W. Wood that he was hired by Saml. W. Wood his master to a free negro barber Nathaniel Oldham, and while thus hired to Oldham the boy and Oldham his master for the time, drank at Peter Millers bar and purchased from him at the County of Mason upon one occasion, the whiskey & beer drank having been furnished Ned & paid for by him in the presence of and at the instance of Oldham the free negro to whom he was hired.

At a Court held for the Mason Circuit on the 7th day of October 1863

"By consent of the parties the law and facts herein are submitted to the Court.

And the Court having fully heard the parties and being sufficiently advised adjudges that the plaintiff recover of said defendant Peter Miller the sum of Fifty dollars and also her costs herein expended.

A copy Attest

Jno M. Duke Jr C. M. C. C.

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Comlth of Ky vs } copy agreement of Facts & Judgment Peter Miller.