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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-0001-004-0382 BR9-108 to BR9-109

Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio Thomas Nixon (Clark County, Ohio, paper manufacturer) N00012584 1817? Categories: People

Clark County, Ohio, paper manufacturer. Pennsylvania native. Married to Sarah Nixon. Father of Susannah Nixon, Morris Nixon, Martin Nixon, William Nixon, Francis M. Nixon, Louisa Nixon, James Finley Nixon, and Elizabeth Nixon. Paper maker in Clark County, Ohio, in 1850. Paper manufacturer in Clark County in 1860. Employed Sarah McCarty as a domestic laborer in Clark County in 1860. Employed Benjamin Coon as a cart driver in Clark County in 1860. Partner in the firm of Nixon, Chatfield & Woods from June 13, 1860, to June 7, 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Clark County, Green, p. 53B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Ohio, Clark County, Springfield, p. 392. Cincinnati Daily Press (Cincinnati, OH), June 13, 1860. The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH), June 7, 1865. William Henry Chatfield I (Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, clerk and merchant) N00012588 1828-07-16 1889-05-13 Categories: People

Cincinnati, Ohio, merchant. Ohio native. Son of Esther Chatfield. Married to Mary A. Disney Chatfield in Hamilton County, Ohio, on November 23, 1854. Father of Mary K. Chatfield and Alfred Chatfield. Clerk in Cincinnati in 1850. Merchant in Cincinnati in 1860. Partner in the firm of Nixon, Chatfield & Woods in Cincinnati from June 13, 1860, to June 7, 1865. Partner in the firm of Chatfield & Woods in Cincinnati beginning June 7, 1865.

Relationships Economic: William Woods (Hamilton County, Ohio, merchant and paper dealer) Economic: Thomas Nixon (Clark County, Ohio, paper manufacturer) Legal: Kenton Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati Ward 7, p. 233B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati Ward 16, p. 18. Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, Hamilton County, Film #000344468, p. 344, record #688 (accessed through Ancestry,com). Find A Grave, "William Henry Chatfield I (1828-1889)," Memorial #25369051, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25369051 (accessed May 7, 2020). Cincinnati Daily Press (Cincinnati, OH), June 13, 1860. The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH), June 7, 1865. William Woods (Hamilton County, Ohio, merchant and paper dealer) N00012587 1817-06-21 1902-09-19 Categories: People

Cincinnati, Ohio, paper dealer. Maryland native. Married to Elizabeth Woods. Father of Ella Woods, John S. Woods, William H. Woods, Sally C. Woods, Harry F. Woods, and Lizzie Woods. Merchant in Cincinnati in 1850. Partner in the firm of Nixon & Chatfield in Cincinnati until May 1, 1860. Paper dealer in Cincinnati in 1860. Employed John Cushman, Sarah Griffith, Mary Hally, and Louisa Hally as servants in Cincinnati in 1860. Employed Ellen Bemis as a seamstress in Cincinnati in 1860. Partner in the firm of Nixon, Chatfield & Woods in Cincinnati from June 13, 1860, to June 7, 1865. Partner in the firm of Chatfield & Woods in Cincinnati on June 7, 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati Ward 5, p. 419A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati Ward 15, p. 392. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Ohio, Hamilton, Cincinnati Ward 15, p. 507B. Find A Grave, "William W. Woods (1817-1902)," Memorial #37528706, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37528706 (accessed May 7, 2020). Cincinnati Daily Press (Cincinnati, OH), June 13, 1860. The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH), June 7, 1865. Lorenzo Dow Croninger (Covington, Kentucky, master printer) N00004640 1827 1898 Categories: People

Covington, Kentucky, printer. Ohio native. Married to Sarah A. Hoyt Croninger in Kenton County, Kentucky, on November 8, 1855. Father of Sallie Croninger and Clara Croninger. Master printer in Covington in 1860.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Social: William Henry Chatfield I (Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, clerk and merchant) Social: William Woods (Hamilton County, Ohio, merchant and paper dealer) Social: Thomas Nixon (Clark County, Ohio, paper manufacturer) Legal: Kenton Circuit Court Legal: Thomas T. Sharp (Covington, KY, capt 7th KY Cav USA)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, Ward 1, p. 29. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994043, Kenton County Marriages, p. 3-4. "Lorenzo D. Croninger (1827-1898)," Find A Grave, Memorial #132909394, accessed May 8, 2018, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132909394. Thomas T. Sharp (Covington, KY, capt 7th KY Cav USA) N00012630 1837? Categories: People

Covington, Kentucky, soldier. Ohio native. Son of John Sharp and Harriet Sharp. Student in Hamilton County, Ohio, in 1850. Served in 7th Kentucky Cavalry (U.S.A) as a captain from August 18, 1862, to October 12, 1862.

Relationships Legal: Kenton Circuit Court Military: Richard J. C. Bocking (Indianapolis, Indiana resident and former soldier) Military: 7th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Leonidas Metcalfe (Nicholas County, KY, farmer and colonel 7th KY Cav (USA)) Social: Lorenzo Dow Croninger (Covington, Kentucky, master printer) Social: William Henry Chatfield I (Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, clerk and merchant) Legal: Richard J. C. Bocking (Indianapolis, Indiana resident and former soldier) Legal: Lorenzo Dow Croninger (Covington, Kentucky, master printer) Legal: William Woods (Hamilton County, Ohio, merchant and paper dealer) Legal: Staughton Lynd (Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, attorney & notary public) Military: Thomas Davis Kennedy (Kenton County, Kentucky, farmer, enslaver, engineer) Legal: Thomas Davis Kennedy (Kenton County, Kentucky, farmer, enslaver, engineer) Social: Thomas Davis Kennedy (Kenton County, Kentucky, farmer, enslaver, engineer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati, Ward 1, p. 44B. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 946. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0476. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0084. Richard J. C. Bocking (Indianapolis, Indiana resident and former soldier) N00012599 Categories: People

Indianapolis, Indiana, resident and soldier. Served in the 7th Kentucky Cavalry (U.S.A.) as captain and major. Arrested in September 1864 and imprisoned at Ft. McLean in Cincinnati, Ohio, in December 1864 for aiding the rebellion. Signed a loyalty oath to U.S. Government on February 7, 1865.

Relationships Military: 23rd Indiana Battery Light Artillery Military: 7th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Leonidas Metcalfe (Nicholas County, KY, farmer and colonel 7th KY Cav (USA)) Military: Thomas T. Sharp (Covington, KY, capt 7th KY Cav USA)

Union Provost Marshals’ File of Paper Relating to Individual Civilians, 1861-1867 NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M345, Roll 0029: A-B, Bo-Bom, p. 1213-1267. KYR-0001-004-0375. Cincinnati, Ohio P00001208 Categories: Places

Seat of Hamilton County, Ohio. Located on the Ohio River.

39.1031, -84.512 "Cincinnati, Ohio," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 13, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio; Their Past and Present, Including Biographies and Portraits of Pioneers and Representative Citizens (Cincinnati: S.B. Nelson, 1894), 17. Nixon, Chatfield & Woods O00012586 1860-06-13 1865-06-07 Categories: Organizations

Paper manufacturer in Cincinnati, Ohio. Operated from June 13, 1860, to June 7, 1865. Owner(s): Thomas Nixon, William H. Chatfield, and William Woods.

Relationships Economic: William Henry Chatfield I (Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, clerk and merchant) Economic: William Woods (Hamilton County, Ohio, merchant and paper dealer) Economic: Thomas Nixon (Clark County, Ohio, paper manufacturer)

Cincinnati Daily Press (Cincinnati, OH), June 13, 1860, p. 4. Cincinnati Daily Press (Cincinnati, OH), November 9, 1861, p. 4 The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH), June 7, 1865, p. 2. Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio 1863-12-16 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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OFFICE OF

Nixon, Chatfield & Woods, Manufacturers AND Wholesale Paper Dealers, NOS 77 & 79 Walnut Street,

Thos. Nixon. Wm. H. Chatfield. Wm. Woods. Cincinnati, Dec 16 1863 L D Croninger Esq D Sir

I enclose Sharps statement &c he wrote & mailed a letter to Bocking. but there is great uncertainty in regard to Bs whereabouts and we may hear nothing from him. if any any reply should reach me I will promptly advise you

yours Truly William Woods