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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-0001-004-0356 BR9-67

Owingsville, Bath County, Kentucky James M. Nesbitt (Bath County, Kentucky, attorney & comm'th atty) N00007901 1819-03-29 1888-04-22 Categories: People

Bath County, Kentucky, attorney and commonwealth's attorney. Kentucky native. Married to Mary E. Nesbitt. Father of Thomas G. Nesbitt, John J. Nesbitt, Maria E. Nesbitt, William Nesbitt, General J. Nesbitt, Mary B. Nesbitt, Charles Nesbitt, Sarah Nesbitt, and Edward H. Nesbitt. Attorney in Bath County in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Bath County in 1850. Attorney in Bath County in 1860. Owned nine enslaved persons in Bath County in 1860. Commonwealth's attorney for the 11th Judicial District from 1860 to 1862.

Relationships Legal: James Andrew Jackson Lee (Owingsville, Kentucky, merchant) Legal: William Penrose Conner (Bath County, Kentucky, sheriff and soldier) Legal: George W. Conner (Bath County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier) Legal: John A. Turner, Jr. (Bath County, Kentucky, circuit clerk) Legal: Benjamin Daniel Lacy (Owingsville, Kentucky, attorney & county atty) Political: Joshua Craig (Bath County, KY, farmer and shoemaker) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: Bath Circuit Court Legal: Bath County Court Political: Lawrence Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, 2nd Division, p. 1A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, 2nd Division. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, p. 83. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, p. 75A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, 2nd Division, p. 63A-B. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1860, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1861), 289. 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), 304. "James Monroe Nesbitt (1819-1888)," Find A Grave, Memorial 45488105, accessed January 30, 2018, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45488105. KYR-0001-004-0356. Daniel Harper (Bath County, Ky, farmer and sheriff) N00009351 1826 1912 Categories: People

Bath County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah "Sallie" Gudgell Harper in Bath County in 1846. Father of James Harper, Walter Harper, Morton Harper, Charles Harper, and Mary Harper. Farmer in Bath County in 1850. Farmer in Bath County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Bath County in 1860. Sheriff in Bath County in 1863. Sheriff in Bath County in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Wilkins Warren (Bath County, Kentucky, grocery keeper, 2nd lieut 24th KY Inf & 7th KY Cav USA, accused murderer & fugitive) Legal: Fleming County State Guard (Captain Barber's Company) Social: John Stewart (Bath County, Kentucky, farmer and private, 10th KY Cav USA) Legal: Bath County Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, District 1, p. 109B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, p. 11. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, p. 4. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, Owingsville Precinct, p. 49B-50A. “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), 41. Legislative Document, No. 15: Testimony take in the contested election case of B. D. Lacy against Lander Barber, and ordered to be printed by the House of Representatives, December 20, 1865 (Frankfort, KY: State Printing Office, George D. Prentice, 1865), p. 3. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Bath County Marriages, Film #000273005, p.367. Find A Grave, "Daniel Harper (1826-1912)," Memorial #69743119, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69743119 (accessed September 20, 2018). George A. Bean (Montgomery County, Kentucky, farmer) N00012423 1829? Categories: People

Montgomery County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Son of William Bean. Resident in Montgomery County in 1850. Household owned nineteen enslaved persons in Montgomery County in 1850. Farmer in Montgomery County in 1860. Farmer in Montgomery County in 1863.

Relationships Legal: Bath County Court Legal: James M. Nesbitt (Bath County, Kentucky, attorney & comm'th atty) Social: Robert Coulthard (Bath County, Kentucky, merchant) Social: Thomas F. Gudgell (Bath County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Wesley Taylor (Bath County, Kentucky, merchant) Social: James M. Nesbitt (Bath County, Kentucky, attorney & comm'th atty) Social: B. F. Trumbo (Bath County, Kentucky, clerk) Social: Daniel Harper (Bath County, Ky, farmer and sheriff) Social: Thomas W. Ewing (Bath County, Kentucky, merchant) Legal: Van B. Young (Owingsville, Kentucky, circuit clerk, attorney, and politician) Legal: Richard B. Carpenter, Jr. (Covington, Kentucky, commonwealth's attorney) Legal: Bath Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, District 1, p. 34A-B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, District 1, p. 24. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, p. 307. 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), Montgomery County, KY, October 1863, p. 36 (Accessed via ancestry.com). Owingsville, Kentucky P00002306 Categories: Places

Seat of Bath County, Kentucky.

38.1448, -83.7641 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987). 223. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Owingsville, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on August 27, 2019). Kentucky P001800 Categories: Places

State in the upper south of the United States. Capital at Frankfort. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 14, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992). Bath County Court O00000602 Categories: Organizations

Located in Owingsville, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): Harrison Gill. Clerk(s): R. H. Conner, Robert Coulthard, and J. W. Boyd.

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861,” in 1862 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-08. “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), 301-06. “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), 347-50. Owingsville, Bath County, Kentucky 1863-12-01 Correspondence 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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Owingsville Ky Decr 1s 1863, Dear Sir --

I enclose you a Petition which will show for itself what I want. It is signed by J. M, Nesbitt late Comth Atty the Present sheriff & County Court Clerks, I have also made an affidavit to it as you will see --

Your attention to this matter will be duly appreciated.

Respectfully -- G. A. Bean