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Crittenden County, Kentucky Napoleon B. Thurmond (Crittenden County, Kentucky, stone mason) N00012361 1815? Categories: People

Crittenden County, Kentucky, stone mason. Kentucky native. Stone Mason in Crittenden County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned five enslaved persons in Crittenden County in 1850. Accused of murdering an enslaved woman named Malinda, who was owned by his brother Phillip, in Crittenden County on November 9, 1863.

Relationships Familial: Mary "Polly" N. Thurmond (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: James W. Wilson (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: Wiley P. Fowler (Livingston County, Kentucky, attorney and judge)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden County, District 2, p. 258A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden County, District 2, p. 359. KYR-0001-004-0322. Malinda [Unknown] (Crittenden County, Kentucky, enslaved) N00012395 1863-11-09 Categories: People

Crittenden County, Kentucky, enslaved person. Owned by Philip Thurmond. Murdered by Napoleon Bonaparte Thurmond in Crittenden County, Kentucky, on November 11, 1863.

Relationships Slavery: Phillip Thurmond (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Napoleon B. Thurmond (Crittenden County, Kentucky, stone mason)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden County, District 2, p. 359. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden County, District 2, p. 4. KYR-0001-004-0322. Phillip Thurmond (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer) N00012359 1800? Categories: People

Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Rebecca A. Thurmond. Father of William J. Thurmond, James M. Thurmond, E. A. Thurmond, P. J. Thurmond, F. S. Thurmond, Israel Snead Thurmond, Mary J. Thurmond, Martin C. Thurmond, P. G. Thurmond, and P. H. Thurmond. Farmer in Crittenden County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned five enslaved persons in Crittenden County in 1850. Farmer in Crittenden County in 1860. Owned nine enslaved persons in Crittenden County in 1860. Owned Malinda [Unknown] in Crittenden County in 1863.

Relationships Familial: Napoleon B. Thurmond (Crittenden County, Kentucky, stone mason) Familial: Mary "Polly" N. Thurmond (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer) Familial: James Livingston Thurmond (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: James W. Wilson (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: Wiley P. Fowler (Livingston County, Kentucky, attorney and judge)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden County, District 2, p. 257B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden County, District 2, pp. 465-466. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden County, District 2, p. 359. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden County, District 2, p. 4. KYR-0001-004-0322. John Thomas Bunch (Henderson County, Kentucky, attorney) N00012398 1819-11-27 1892-05-14 Categories: People

Henderson County, Kentucky, attorney. Virginia native. Son of Josiah C. Bunch and Betsy Bunch. Married to Martha Isabella Hopkins Bunch in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on May 18, 1852. Father of Emma Bunch and Mary Bunch. Attorney in Todd County in 1850. Attorney in Henderson County in 1860. Owned and hired out two enslaved persons to B. F. Martin in Henderson County in 1860. Attorney pro tempore to the Commonwealth of Kentucky in Crittenden County in 1863.

Relationships Legal: Mary "Polly" N. Thurmond (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Napoleon B. Thurmond (Crittenden County, Kentucky, stone mason) Legal: Phillip Thurmond (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: James W. Wilson (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: Wiley P. Fowler (Livingston County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Legal: Henderson Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Todd County, District 2, p. 252B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 1, p. 35. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 1, p. 22. Find A Grave, "John Thomas Bunch" (1819-1892)," Memorial #15298013, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15298013 (accessed April 3, 2020). KYR-0001-004-0322. Mary "Polly" N. Thurmond (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer) N00012362 1781? 1871 Categories: People

Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmerr. Virginia native. Mother of Philip Thurmond, James Livingston Thurmond, and Napoleon Bonaparte Thurmond. Resident of Crittenden County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned five enslaved persons Crittenden County in 1850. Farmer in Crittenden County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: James W. Wilson (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: Wiley P. Fowler (Livingston County, Kentucky, attorney and judge)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden County, District 2, p. 258A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden County, District 2, p. 359. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden County, District 1, p. 466. Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Crittenden County Administration Bonds, 1830-1869; Vol 1-4, 1865-1977, p. 153 of microfilm (Accessed via Ancestry.com on April 3, 2020). KYR-0001-004-0322. James Livingston Thurmond (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer) N00012399 1817? Categories: People

Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary E. Cooke Thurmond in Crittenden County, Kentucky, on October 28, 1847. Father of Mary E. Thurmond, Narcissa J. Thurmond, Elmore F. Thurmond, and Thomas H. Thurmond. Farmer in Crittenden County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in 1850. Farmer in Crittenden County in 1860.

Relationships Familial: Mary "Polly" N. Thurmond (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer) Familial: Napoleon B. Thurmond (Crittenden County, Kentucky, stone mason) Legal: John Thomas Bunch (Henderson County, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: James W. Wilson (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: Wiley P. Fowler (Livingston County, Kentucky, attorney and judge)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden County, District 2, p. 257B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden County, District 2, p. 86. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden County, District 2, p. 359. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Crittenden County Marriages, Film #000558428, p. 36. Samuel J. Carrick (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer) N00012403 1830-11-11 1920-02-08 Categories: People

Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Hannah A. Simpson Carrick in Crittenden County, Kentucky, on May 16, 1852. Father of Rebecca S. Carrick and Ewell A. Carrick. Farmer in Crittenden County in 1860.

Relationships Familial: Hannah A. Carrick (Crittenden County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: James Livingston Thurmond (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: John Thomas Bunch (Henderson County, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: Mary "Polly" N. Thurmond (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Napoleon B. Thurmond (Crittenden County, Kentucky, stone mason) Legal: Phillip Thurmond (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: James W. Wilson (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: Wiley P. Fowler (Livingston County, Kentucky, attorney and judge)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden County, District 1, p. 432. Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden County, Bells Mines, p. 98A. Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7016227, Crittenden County Deaths, File 3531. Find A Grave, "Samuel J. Carrick (1830-1920)," Memorial #59146219, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59146219 (accessed April 3, 2020). Hannah A. Carrick (Crittenden County, Kentucky, resident) N00012402 1833-03-21 1911-04-15 Categories: People

Crittenden County, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Married to Samuel J. Carrick in Crittenden County, Kentucky, on May 16, 1852. Mother of Rebecca L. Carrick and Ewell A. Carrick. Resident in Crittenden County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: James Livingston Thurmond (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: John Thomas Bunch (Henderson County, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: Mary "Polly" N. Thurmond (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Napoleon B. Thurmond (Crittenden County, Kentucky, stone mason) Legal: Phillip Thurmond (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: James W. Wilson (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: Wiley P. Fowler (Livingston County, Kentucky, attorney and judge)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden County, District 1, p. 432. Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden County, Bells Mines, p. 98A. Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7016132, Crittenden County Deaths, File 9114. Find A Grave, "Hannah A. Simpson Carrick (1833-1911)," Memorial #73194325, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73194325 (accessed April 3, 2020). James W. Wilson (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer.) N00010582 1798? Categories: People

Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer. Married to Rebecca Bridges Wilson in Livingston County, Kentucky, on September 7, 1822. Father of W. F. Wilson and R.W. Wilson. Postmaster for Willow Grove in Crittenden County, Kentucky on October 24, 1843. Merchant and Farmer in Crittenden County, Kentucky in 1850. Farmer in Crittenden County, Kentucky in 1860.

Relationships Social: Alfred Armstrong (Marion, Kentucky, merchant, private (U.S.A.)) Social: John N. Woods (Marion, Kentucky, merchant.) Social: David Newton Stinson (Crittenden County, Kentucky, post master.) Social: James Hickman Walker (Crittenden County, Kentucky, merchant, private (C.S.A.)) Social: Robert Fulton Haynes (Marion, Kentucky, county attorney.) Social: Thomas L. Rogers Wilson (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer and Corporal (U.S.A.)) Social: William C. Carnahan (Crittenden County, Kentucky, saddler.) Social: James M. Steele (Crittenden County, Kentucky, carpenter.) Social: Berry S. Young (Crittenden County, Kentucky, County Clerk) Legal: Wiley P. Fowler (Livingston County, Kentucky, attorney and judge)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden, District 1, p. 213B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden, Marion (West Half), p. 406. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Livingston County Marriages, Film 000318176. Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, [p. 596, Casey-Graves], (accessed via Ancestry.com). Wiley P. Fowler (Livingston County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) N00006111 1799-09-02 1881-12-11 Categories: People

Livingston County, Kentucky, attorney and judge. Tennessee native. Married Sarah S. Barnett Fowler in Livingston County, Kentucky, on February 15, 1848. Father of White Fowler, Gustavas Fowler, and William Fowler. Circuit Judge in Livingston County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned twenty-four enslaved persons in Livingston County in 1850. Attorney in Livingston County in 1860. Owned twenty-five enslaved persons in Livingston County in 1860. Judge for the 14th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1861 to 1866.

Relationships Legal: George Parrish (Crittenden County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: James Beard (Hardin County, Illinois) Legal: G. J. Martin (Crittenden County) Legal: Wiley Pulliam (Crittenden County) Legal: William Mitchell (Livingston County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: John Hall (Crittenden County, Kentucky) Legal: David Ellis (farm laborer, Crittenden County) Legal: Hiram Jones (farmer, Crittenden County) Legal: James B. Williams (Crittenden County) Legal: Leason Lawson (Crittenden County) Legal: Alfred Lawson (farmer, Crittenden County) Legal: William Simpson (Crittenden County) Legal: James Metlock (Crittenden County) Legal: William Knight (Crittenden County) Legal: James Guess (Crittenden County, Kentucky, soldier and alleged guerilla.) Social: [Unknown] Clay (Mentioned in a letter from Wylie P. Fowler to Thomas E. Bramlette in 1865.) Social: [Unknown] Barnett (Mentioned in a letter from Wylie P. Fowler to Thomas E. Bramlette in 1865.) Political: Oliver P. Morton (Fourteenth governor of Indiana, attorney, judge, and politician.) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: George Frederick "Fred" Pentecost (Christian County, Kentucky, clerk, soldier, minister.) Legal: Fourteenth Judicial District of Kentucky Legal: Henderson Circuit Court Legal: Tingnal J. Hopkins (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer and bookkeeper.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston County, Smithland, p. 384A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston County, Livingston. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston County, Division 3, p. 333. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston County, Division 3, p. 367A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston County, District 1, p. 244B. 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), 304. 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), 304. 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), 304. 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), 10. 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), 354. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Livingston County Marriages, Film 000318176. “Judge Wiley Paul Fowler (1799-1881),” Find A Grave, Memorial 73630120, accessed May 17, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73630120. James Hickman Walker (Crittenden County, Kentucky, circuit court clerk) N00012404 1827-11-14 1906-06-16 Categories: People

Crittenden County, Kentucky, merchant and circuit court clerk. Crittenden County, Kentucky, native. Married to Hortense Gregory Walker in Crittenden County, Kentucky, on February 5, 1856. Farmer in Crittenden County in 1850. Merchant in Crittenden County in 1860. Clerk in the Crittenden Circuit Court in Crittenden County in 1863.

Relationships Legal: Samuel J. Carrick (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Hannah A. Carrick (Crittenden County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: James Livingston Thurmond (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: John Thomas Bunch (Henderson County, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: Mary "Polly" N. Thurmond (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Napoleon B. Thurmond (Crittenden County, Kentucky, stone mason) Legal: Phillip Thurmond (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: James W. Wilson (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: Wiley P. Fowler (Livingston County, Kentucky, attorney and judge)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden County, District 1, p. 212A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden County, District 1, p. 503. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994027-994058, Crittenden County Marriages, p. 5. 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), Crittenden County, KY, June 1863, p. 24 (Accessed via ancestry.com). Find A Grave, "James Hickman Walker (1827-1906)," Memorial #54394924, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54394924 (accessed April 4, 2020). KYR-0001-004-0322. Crittenden County, Kentucky P00006094 Categories: Places

Seat at Marion. Located on the Ohio River.

37.3674, -88.0901 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 72. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Crittenden County, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on September 5, 2019). Crittenden Circuit Court O00000369 1842 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 14th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): William P. Fowler. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): L. M. Low, John Barrett, and Benjamin P. Cissell. Clerk(s): S. Hodge and James H. Walker.

Relationships Legal: James Hickman Walker (Crittenden County, Kentucky, circuit court clerk) Legal: Samuel J. Carrick (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Hannah A. Carrick (Crittenden County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: James Livingston Thurmond (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: John Thomas Bunch (Henderson County, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: Mary "Polly" N. Thurmond (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Napoleon B. Thurmond (Crittenden County, Kentucky, stone mason) Legal: Phillip Thurmond (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: James W. Wilson (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: Wiley P. Fowler (Livingston 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, 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. 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. Crittenden County, Kentucky Legal/Financial English Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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Crittenden Circuit Court Commonwealth of Kentucky against Napoleon B Thurmond

The Grand Jury of Crittenden County in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky accuse Napoleon B Thurmond of the Crime of Murder Committed as follows towit The said Napoleon B Thurmond on the 9th day of November 1863 in the County aforesaid did feloniously and with Malice aforethought kill and murder Malinda a female Slave the property of Philip Thurmond by shooting her with a pistol against the peace & dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Jno T Bunch atty protem Comth

Information by Philip Thurmond Polly N Thurmond James S Thurmond not of the Grand Jury

Summons Samuel & Mrs Hannah Carrick who was not before the Jury for the Comth = a True bill James W Wilson foreman

No Bail allowed on this indictment

W P Fowler Judge

Filed in open Court Novr 11th 1863 J H Walker clk

A Copy, Attest J H Walker C C C C