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              <persName>Thomas Elliott Bramlette (KY governor 1863-67, atty, D.A., col 3rd KY Inf)</persName>
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                    <p xml:id='OTPS32205846P0'>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 &amp; Van Winkle in partnership with Ephraim L. Van Winkle.
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                  <bibl><hi rend='italic'>Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, District No. 1, p. 181A.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, District No. 1, p. 335 (p. 2 of 2 on microfilm).<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, The Town of Columbia 1st Division, p. 13 (p. 2 of 3 on microfilm).<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 83B.<lb/>

Ross A. Webb, “Thomas E. Bramlette (1863-1867)” in Lowell H. Harrison, ed., <hi rend='italic'>Kentucky’s Governors</hi> (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2004), 93-97<lb/>

Lowell H. Harrison, "Bramlette, Thomas Elliott" in <hi rend='italic'>The Kentucky Encyclopedia</hi>, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 112-13.</bibl>
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              <persName>James Thomas Lawton (Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer and tavern keeper.)</persName>
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Legal: <rs ref='#S32203687'>Hopkins Circuit Court</rs><lb/>
Social: <rs ref='#S32206914'>George Washington Noel (Hopkins County, Kentucky, physician and postmaster)</rs><lb/>
Social: <rs ref='#S32214889'>John Baylis Earle (Hopkins County, KY, attorney and coal baron)</rs><lb/>
Social: <rs ref='#S32211908'>James M. Compton  (Hopkins County justice of the peace and circuit court clerk)</rs><lb/>
Social: <rs ref='#S32208784'>Otway Waddill (Hopkins County attorney)</rs><lb/>
Social: <rs ref='#S32196766'>William L. Gordon (Hopkins County attorney)</rs><lb/>
Social: <rs ref='#S32200121'>Richard "Dick" J. Littlepage (Hopkins County, Kentucky, county clerk)</rs><lb/>
Social: <rs ref='#S32197823'>John W. Poe (Hopkins Co., KY, farmer)</rs><lb/>
Social: <rs ref='#S32204331'>Dixon Browning (Hopkins Co., KY, farmer)</rs><lb/>
Political: <rs ref='#S32201291'>Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)</rs><lb/>
Social: <rs ref='#S32207818'>Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer)</rs>
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                  <bibl><hi rend='italic'>Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Daviess County, District 2, p. 422A.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 632.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, South Carrolton, p. 434B.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Kentucky Marriage Records</hi>, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County Marriages, Film #000557316, p. 125.<lb/>

KYR-0001-004-0314.</bibl>
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Military: <rs ref='#S32207980'>John H. Frost (Hopkins County, KY, farmer and pvt of 25th, corp thru capt 17th KY Infantry USA)</rs><lb/>
Social: <rs ref='#S32207818'>Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer)</rs>
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                  <bibl><hi rend='italic'>Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 641. <lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 212A.<lb/>
<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>The Biographical Encyclopædia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century</hi>, vol. 1 (Cincinnati: J. M. Armstrong &amp; Company, 1878), 737-738. <lb/>

"Deplored in Earlington: Death of Mr. John B. Earle, for Whom Town was Named," <hi rend='italic'>The Bee</hi> (Earlington, Ky.), July 12, 1906. <lb/>

John Livingston, <hi rend='italic'>Law Register: Comprising the Lawyers in the United States: the State Record</hi> (New York: Office of the U.S. Law Magazine, 1852), 84. <lb/>

John Livingston, <hi rend='italic'>Livingston's Law Register for 1853</hi> (New York: Office of the U.S. Law Magazine, 1853), 105.<lb/>

John Livingston, <hi rend='italic'>Livingston's Law Register: A Guide for Every Man of Business, and Hand-book of Useful Knowledge</hi> (New York: Office of the Monthly Law Magazein, 1854), 109. <lb/>

John Livingston, <hi rend='italic'>Livingston's United States Law Register, and Official Directory</hi> (New York: John A. Gray, Printer and Stereotyper, 1859), 300. <lb/>

"An Act to Incorporate the Southeast Kentucky Petroleum, Coal, Mining, and Transportation Company," <hi rend='italic'>Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky</hi>, vol. 2 (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 534-535.<lb/>

"John Baylis Earle (1823-1906)," Find A Grave, Memorial #129623940, accessed March 22, 2017, <a href='https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129623940.'>https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129623940.</a></bibl>
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Social: <rs ref='#S32207818'>Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer)</rs>
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                  <bibl><hi rend='italic'>Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 798. <lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Seminary Princinct No. 4, p. 149B. <lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Memorial Record of Western Kentucky</hi> (Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1904), 792-793. <lb/>

 "William Leonidas Gordon, Sr. (1837-1930)," Find A Grave, Memorial #60937888, accessed March 23, 2017, <a href='http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60937888.'>http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60937888.</a></bibl>
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Military: <rs ref='#S32214779'>John Boyle (Edgar County, Illinois, attorney, soldier, and Adjutant General.)</rs><lb/>
Military: <rs ref='#S32207980'>John H. Frost (Hopkins County, KY, farmer and pvt of 25th, corp thru capt 17th KY Infantry USA)</rs><lb/>
Social: <rs ref='#S32207818'>Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer)</rs>
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                  <bibl><hi rend='italic'>Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 839. <lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 221B. <lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 173A. <lb/>

H. Levin, <hi rend='italic'>The Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky</hi> (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1897), 426. <lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>The Biographical Encyclopædia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century</hi>, vol. 1 (Cincinnati: J. M. Armstrong &amp; Company, 1878), 700-701. <lb/>

John Livingston, <hi rend='italic'>Law Register: Comprising the Lawyers in the United States: the State Record</hi> (New York: Office of the U.S. Law Magazine, 1852), 84. <lb/>

John Livingston, <hi rend='italic'>Livingston's Law Register for 1853</hi> (New York: Office of the U.S. Law Magazine, 1853), 105. <lb/>

John Livingston, <hi rend='italic'>The Law Register: Comprising the Lawyers in the United States</hi> (New York: Davies and Roberts, 1856), 134. <lb/>

John Livingston, <hi rend='italic'>Livingston's United States Law Register, and Official Directory</hi> (New York: John A. Gray, Printer and Stereotyper, 1859), 300. <lb/>

"Otway Waddill (1822-1901)," Find A Grave, Memorial #111103469, accessed March 20, 2017, <a href='https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111103469.'>https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111103469.</a></bibl>
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                    <p xml:id='OTPS32206914P0'>Hopkins County, Kentucky, physician and postmaster. Madisonville, Kentucky, native. Son of William Noel. Married to Emma Marshall Summers in Kentucky in 1832. Father of Cordelia H. Noel and William T. Noel. Student at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky. Graduate of the Kentucky School of Medicine in Louisville. Physician in Madisonville from 1837. Postmaster in Madisonville from 1840 to 1842. Physician in Hopkins County in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1850. Physician in Hopkins County in 1860. Household owned sixteen enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1860.
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Social: <rs ref='#S32215307'>Milton A. Cartwright (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer)</rs><lb/>
Social: <rs ref='#S32207818'>Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer)</rs><lb/>
Political: <rs ref='#S32201291'>Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)</rs><lb/>
Social: <rs ref='#S32200667'>Matthew Skinner Lyon (Hopkins County, Ky, merchant and hotel keeper)</rs>
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                  <bibl><hi rend='italic'>Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 168B.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 716.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 834.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 221A.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 172A.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>The Biographical Encyclopedia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century</hi>, vol. 1 (Cincinnati: J. M. Armstrong &amp; Company, 1878), 691.</bibl>
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                    <p xml:id='OTPS32211908P0'>Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer, clerk, and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Married to Mary C. Compton. Father of Willis M. Compton and Martha C. Compton. Farmer in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1850. Justice of the peace in Hopkins County in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1860. Clerk of the Hopkins Circuit Court in Hopkins County from 1863 to 1867.
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Military: <rs ref='#S32207980'>John H. Frost (Hopkins County, KY, farmer and pvt of 25th, corp thru capt 17th KY Infantry USA)</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32203687'>Hopkins Circuit Court</rs><lb/>
Social: <rs ref='#S32197823'>John W. Poe (Hopkins Co., KY, farmer)</rs><lb/>
Social: <rs ref='#S32204331'>Dixon Browning (Hopkins Co., KY, farmer)</rs><lb/>
Social: <rs ref='#S32200500'>George W. Ligon (Hopkins Co., KY, farmer)</rs><lb/>
Political: <rs ref='#S32200265'>Hopkins County, Kentucky</rs><lb/>
Political: <rs ref='#S32201291'>Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)</rs><lb/>
Social: <rs ref='#S32207818'>Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer)</rs>
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                  <bibl><hi rend='italic'>Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 134A.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 728.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 836. <lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States</hi> (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 221B. <lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863</hi>, Legislative Document Series, No. 10 (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-06. <lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864</hi>, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 9-12.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865</hi>, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 9-12. <lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1866</hi>, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-50.<lb/>

 "James M. Compton (1811-1877)," Find A Grave, Memorial #59861063, accessed March 20, 2017, <a href='http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59861063.'>http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59861063.</a></bibl>
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Political: <rs ref='#S32213818'>Hopkins County Court</rs><lb/>
Military: <rs ref='#S32207980'>John H. Frost (Hopkins County, KY, farmer and pvt of 25th, corp thru capt 17th KY Infantry USA)</rs><lb/>
Political: <rs ref='#S32201291'>Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)</rs>
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                  <bibl>"Majority and Minority Reports in the Contested Election Case of Morton against Gregory, made to the House or Representatives, December 18, 1865," in <hi rend='italic'>Legislative Document, No. 13</hi>, (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 43-46. <lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Find A Grave</hi>, "Richard J. Littlepage (1841-1874)," Memorial #32458575, (<a href='http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GRid=32458575&amp;ref=acom)'>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GRid=32458575&amp;ref=acom)</a> (accessed March 22, 2017).</bibl>
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                  <bibl>"Madisonville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed September 5, 2019, <a href='https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/.'>https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/.</a><lb/>

Robert M. Rennick, <hi rend='italic'>Kentucky Place Names</hi> (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 185.</bibl>
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                  <bibl>"Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 14, 2019, <a href='https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/.'>https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/.</a><lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>The Kentucky Encyclopedia</hi>, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992).</bibl>
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                  <bibl>Paul Blanchard, "Office of Governor" in <hi rend='italic'>The Kentucky Encyclopedia</hi>, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 380.<lb/>

Malcolm E. Jewell, "General Assembly" in <hi rend='italic'>The Kentucky Encyclopedia</hi>, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 366.<lb/>

Paul J. Weber, "Court System" in <hi rend='italic'>The Kentucky Encyclopedia</hi>, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 233.</bibl>
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<p xml:id='OTPS32203687P1'>Relationships<lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32207067'>Miles Malin (Hopkins County, Kentucky, merchant)</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32201337'>William R. Baker  (Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff)</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32203772'>B. Sanford Ruby (Webster County, Kentucky, farmer)</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32214270'>George W. Bailey (Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer)</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32208856'>Joseph Fuquay (Hopkins County, Kentucky, merchant and farmer)</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32202217'>Samuel Morton  (Hopkins County, Kentucky, judge)</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32196953'>Samuel C. Woodson (Hopkins Co., KY, merchant)</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32211908'>James M. Compton  (Hopkins County justice of the peace and circuit court clerk)</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32200500'>George W. Ligon (Hopkins Co., KY, farmer)</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32205251'>George C. Bronaugh (Hopkins County, Kentucky, circuit clerk)</rs><lb/>
Legal: <rs ref='#S32200265'>Hopkins County, Kentucky</rs>
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                  <bibl><hi rend='italic'>Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861</hi>, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-08.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862</hi>, Legislative Document Series, No. 24 (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 298-306. <lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863</hi>, Legislative Document Series, No. 10 (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-06. <lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864</hi>, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 9-12.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865</hi>, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 9-12. <lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1866</hi>, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-50.</bibl>
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                    <p xml:id='OTPS32213818P0'>Located in Madisonville, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): Samuel Morton. Clerk(s): Orlean Bishop, John G. Bailey, Thomas W. Campbell, and W. W. Cook.
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Legal: <rs ref='#S32212125'>James A. Cartwright  (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer)</rs>
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                  <bibl><hi rend='italic'>Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1860</hi>, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1861), 355-59.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861</hi>, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-08.<lb/>

“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. <lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863</hi>, Legislative Document Series, No. 10 (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-06. <lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864</hi>, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 9-12.<lb/>

<hi rend='italic'>Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865</hi>, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 9-12. <lb/>

 <hi rend='italic'>Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1866</hi>, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-50.</bibl>
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<rs ref='#S32196766'>Wm L. Gordon</rs><lb/>
<rs ref='#S32208784'>O, Waddill</rs><lb/>
<rs ref='#S32206914'>Geo, W, Noel</rs><lb/>
<rs ref='#S32211908'>J M Compton</rs><lb/>
<rs ref='#S32200121'>Dick Littlepage</rs> --
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