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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-0001-004-0373 BR9-93

Barren County, Kentucky John W. Houze (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav USA) N00012483 1843-01-27 1910-12-07 Categories: People

Switzerland County, Indiana, soldier. Indiana native. Son of Michael Houze and Catharine Fay Houze. Resident of Switzerland County in 1860. Served in the 2nd Indiana Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from November 1, 1861, to January 5, 1865.

Relationships Legal: Barren Circuit Court Military: 2nd Indiana Cavalry Regiment (41st Indiana Volunteer Regiment) (U.S.A.)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Indiana, Switzerland County, Cotton, p. 101. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, vol. 5, 1861-1865 (Indianapolis: Samuel M. Douglass, State Printer, 1866), 287. U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Application #974594, Certificate #816857. Indiana State Board of Health, Death Certificates, 1899–2011, Indiana Archives and Records Administration, Indianapolis, IN, Death Certificates, 1910, Roll 11, Certificate #21, p. 1796 of 2809 of microfilm. Find A Grave, “John Wesley Houze (1843-1918)," Memorial #151039285, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151039285/john-wesley-houze, (accessed October 15, 2020). George Larrison (Switzerland County, Indiana, farmer) N00012494 1834? Categories: People

Switzerland County, Indiana, farmer. Indiana native. Married to Ann E. Larrison. Father of Archie Larrison and Harvie Larrison. Farmer in Switzerland County in 1860. Farmer in Switzerland County in 1863.

Relationships Social: Marion Larrison (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav) Legal: Barren Circuit Court Familial: Marion Larrison (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Switzerland County, Posey, p. 2. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Switzerland County, Posey, p. 384B. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Indiana, 3rd Congressional District, Switzerland County, York Township, Vol. 2 of 3, June 1863, p. 283, p. 15 of 562 of microfilm, (accessed via Ancestry.com). Marion Larrison (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav) N00012493 1843? 1920? Categories: People

Switzerland County, Indiana, laborer and soldier. Served in the 2nd Indiana Cavalry (U.S.A.) as a private from November 1, 1861, to October 4, 1864. Laborer in York, Indiana, in 1863.

Relationships Familial: George Larrison (Switzerland County, Indiana, farmer) Legal: Barren Circuit Court Military: 2nd Indiana Cavalry Regiment (41st Indiana Volunteer Regiment) (U.S.A.) Social: John W. Houze (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav USA) Military: John W. Houze (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav USA)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, vol. 5, 1861-1865 (Indianapolis: Samuel M. Douglass, State Printer, 1866), 287. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Indiana, 3rd Congressional District, Switzerland County, York Township, Vol. 2 of 3, June 1863, p. 283, p. 15 of 562 of microfilm), (Accessed via ancestry.com on October 2, 2020). U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Application #371020, Certificate #264733. Civil War and Later Wars Index to Remarried Widow Pension Applications, 1848-1934Certificate #264733. William Sampson (Barren County, Kentucky, attorney) N00010802 1818 1866 Categories: People

Barren County, Kentucky, attorney. Pennsylvania native. Married to Virginia R. Gilpin Sampson in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on May 18, 1848. Father of Ida Sampson, Mollie Sampson and John Sampson. Attorney in Barren County in 1850. Attorney in Barren County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Alanson Trigg (Barren County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Marion Larrison (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav) Social: John W. Houze (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav USA) Legal: Marion Larrison (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav) Legal: George Larrison (Switzerland County, Indiana, farmer) Legal: John W. Houze (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav USA)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, First Division, p. 402B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, District 1, p. 891. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #000482448, p.328 of 729 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com). Find A Grave, "William Sampson (1818-1866)," Memorial #146411708 , http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146411708 (accessed October 8, 2019). Thomas H. M. Winn (Barren County, KY, merchant, trader, politician, deputy court clerk) N00012597 1821? 1887-12-22 Categories: People

Glasgow, Kentucky, merchant, politician, court clerk, and farmer. Kentucky native. Married Catherine H. Winn. Father of Mary D. Winn and Ann M. Winn. Adopted Kate B. White Winn. Merchant in Glasgow in 1850. Owned five enslaved persons in Glasgow in 1850. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Barren County in 1856. Trader in Barren County in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Barren County in 1860. Deputy court clerk in Barren County in 1863. Farmer in Barren County in 1864.

Relationships Economic: Barren Circuit Court Legal: Marion Larrison (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav) Legal: John W. Houze (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav USA) Legal: George Larrison (Switzerland County, Indiana, farmer) Legal: Michael Houze (Switzerland County, Indiana, farmer and private 83rd IN Vol Inf) Legal: Barren Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, Glasgow Division 1, p. 396B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, Glasgow Division 1, p. 190. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, District 1, p. 753. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, District 1, p. 47B. Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (Frankfort: Yeoman Office, 1861), p. 62. Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (Frankfort: State Printer, 1856), 281. 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), Barren County, KY, Month 1864, p. 171 (Accessed via ancestry.com). Find A Grave, "Thomas H. M. Winn (c1821-1887)," Memorial #60946258, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60946258 (accessed May 8, 2020). KYR-0001-004-0370. KYR-0001-004-0374. William Logan Porter (Barren County, Kentucky printer and court clerk) N00012500 1842-07-11 1937-08-17 Categories: People

Barren County, Kentucky, printer and court clerk. Kentucky native. Son of Martha E. Porter. Printer in Barren County, Kentucky, in 1860. Circuit court clerk in Barren County in 1863.

Relationships Political: Barren Circuit Court Legal: Barren Circuit Court Economic: Barren Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, District 1 , p. 754. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, Glasgow, p. 542B. "Lawyers' Dean Dies," Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, NY), August 18, 1937, p. 1. "William Logan Porter (1842-1937)," Find A Grave, Memorial #76568099, accessed April 25, 2020, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76568099. KYR-0001-004-0373. Indiana P001818 Categories: Places

State in the midwestern United States. Capital at Indianapolis. Located on the Ohio River and Lake Michigan.

39.7684, -86.158 Encyclopedia of Indianapolis, ed. David J. Bodenhamer and Robert G. Barrows (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1994), 52. William Vincent D'Antonio and Robert L. Beck, "Indiana," Encyclopædia Britannica, accessed September 11, 2017, https://www.britannica.com/place/Indiana-state. "Indianapolis, Indiana," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed October 4, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Tennessee P001001 Categories: Places

State in the southeastern United States. Capital at Nashville. Located on the Cumberland River.

35.5175, -86.5804 Paul H. Bergeron, Stephen V. Ash, and Jeanette Keith, Tennesseans and Their History (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1999), 69. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Tennessee," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on August 14, 2019). Georgia P001008 Categories: Places

State in southeastern United States. Capital at Milledgeville from 1804 to 1868. Located on the Atlantic Ocean.

33.0801, -83.2321 Robert J. Norrell, Louis De Vorsey, and George Hendricks, "Georgia" in Encyclopedia Britannica, (https://www.britannica.com/place/Georgia-state) (accessed on June 26, 2017). USGS: Earth Explorer, "Georgia," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on April 9, 2020). Barren Circuit Court O00000351 1798 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 4th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1860 to 1861 and the 15th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1862 to 1865. Judge(s): Asher W. Graham (1862-1865) and Thomas Tyler Alexander (1864-1865). Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): William B. Jones (1861-1865) and John H. C. Sandidge (1864-1865). Clerk(s): William E. Munford (1861-1862) and William L. Porter (1863 and 1865).

Relationships Legal: B. A. Wheat (Barren County, Kentucky, physician) Legal: W. F. Evans (Glasgow, Kentucky) Legal: John Royalty (Barren County, Kentucky, barkeeper) Legal: Henry W. Royalty (Barren County, KY, resident) Legal: Marion Larrison (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav) Legal: John W. Houze (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav USA)

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. KYR-0001-004-0371. 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. United States Army O00001186 1775 Categories: Organizations

The organization of infantry, cavalry, and artillery military units in the United States government. Commander(s): Winfield Scott, George B. McClellan, Henry W. Halleck, and Ulysses S. Grant.

Relationships Military: James Olney (possible U. S. soldier) Military: Joel Adams (Lincoln County, KY, farmer & pvt 19th KY Inf USA) Military: Joseph Innes (possible Lincoln County, KY, soldier) Military: Richard D. Cunningham (Colonel, U.S. Army) Military: Edward Baker, Jr. (Caldwell County, Kentucky, soldier and saloon owner) Military: Crawford C. Adams (Paulding County, Ohio, resident and soldier.) Military: 14th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A) Military: Office of the Quartermaster General of Kentucky Military: J. K. Edwards (Kentucky, aid to Bramletter, "colonel") Military: Jeremiah Tilford Boyle (Union general, Boyle Co, KY attorney, pres Lou City Railway Co) Military: Marcellus Mundy (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Louisville, Kentucky, attorney and soldier) Military: Army of the Ohio Military: Military District of Kentucky Military: Luther Thayer Thustin (Louisville US Army Paymaster) Military: Hartwell T. Burge (Muhlenberg, Kentucky, Meth minister; chaplain 3rd KY Cav; colonel 48th KY Inf; comd'r Dpt of OH 1864) Military: Alexander Magruder (Jefferson County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier) Military: Charles David Pennebaker (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney, KY state rep & senator; col 27th KY Inf USA & state military agent) Military: John F. Lay (Breckinridge, KY, soldier) Military: James Murrell Shackelford (Hopkins County, KY, attorney, colonel 25th Inf, 8th Ky Cav, and brig gen. in 1863) Military: Washington Seawell (Union Army, colonel and mustering officer) Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: Edmund A. Starling (Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, resident and Colonel (U.S.A.)) Military: 35th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war) Military: Thomas McCurdy Vincent (US Assistant adjutant general, Brigadier General (U.S.A.) ) Military: William Forman (Clark County, Kentucky, laborer and soldier.) Military: Presley Kimbrell (Powell County, Kentucky, carpenter and soldier.) Economic: William Bird Holeman (Frankfort City Marshal and KY Public Printer) Political: Government of the United States of America Military: Marion Larrison (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav) Military: John W. Houze (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav USA) Military: John Royalty (Barren County, Kentucky, barkeeper) Military: Henry W. Royalty (Barren County, KY, resident) Military: John Mason Marcus (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Military: Edward Davis Townsend (Assistant Adjutant General (U.S.Army)) Military: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) Military: Office of Quartermaster of U. S. Army Military: United States War Department Military: Horatio Phillips Van Cleve (Todd County, Minnesota, farmer and soldier (2nd Minn. and General U.S. A.)) Military: [Unknown] Johnson () Military: Wiley Taul Poynter (Clark County, Kentucky, farmer, banker, and soldier) Military: Lowdy Howard (Jefferson County, Kentucky, apprentice ship carpenter, tobacconist and soldier) Military: Thornton Williams (Scott County, Kentucky, soldier. Formerly enslaved by Urias Offutt, accused of attempted murder.) Political: Urias M. Offutt (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer. and slaveholder.) Military: Robert Crooke Wood (Washington D.C., assistant surgeon general, 1854-1865) Military: Madison Mills (New York County, New York, surgeon. US army medical director in St. Louis, MO) Military: Charles Carroll Gray (Ontario County, New York, surgeon. ) Military: Henry Wager Halleck (U.S. Army soldier) Military: Andrew Jackson Smith (United States Army career soldier and commander) Military: Thomas Harvey Harris (Jefferson County, Indiana, book rubber and soldier. Military mayor of Memphis, 1864-1865.) Military: Stephen Augustus Hurlbut (Belvidere, Illinois, lawyer, representative, and soldier) Military: Edward H. Green (Dearborn County, Indiana, attorney and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Cav)

Richard W. Stewart, ed. American Military History (Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, 2009). Barren County, Kentucky 1863-12-11 Legal/Financial English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 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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Barren Equity & Criminal Court Commonwealth Plff against John, W, House &c Defentda

The affiant George Larrison states that he is the agent of the Defendant Marrian Larrison Who is his brother, that his brother appointed & empowered him to attend to the prosecution vs him in the Court & all the transactions growing out of the Same he the deft being in the army

He further States that the saw his said brother almost daily about the first June last & Knows of his own Knowledge that said brother was sick with a chronic disease or one at least that he is subject to when he takes Cold and at other times being sick Stomache with puking & general disability & was not abel to attend the June term of this court That he is now in the Service of his Counhtry& unabel to attend this term of said Court that he affiant wrote several letters to Wm Sampson inquiring about his brothers case & got no answer from Sampson that he did not Know when he left his home in the state of Indiana that the Bail in said Case had been forfeited but supposed that his brother

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a Soldier in the service had prevented its forfeiture That his said brother is now or was a Short time since in the State of Tenn or Georgiain the Service & he has been unable to visit him for some Months that these statements are true

George Larrison

Sworn to before Me by George Larrison Dec 11th 1863

T H M Winn D, C, A Copy Attest W. L. Porter clk

Affidavit of Geo Larrison