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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-0001-004-0390 BR9-117

William H. Roberts (Barren County, Kentucky, farmer) N00012824 1840-07-27 1928-04-26 Categories: People

Barren County, Kentucky, farm laborer. Kentucky native. Son of Drury Roberts and Lucy Roberts. Student in Barren County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned six enslaved persons in Barren County in 1850. Farm laborer in Barren County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: John W. Barrett (Barren County, Kentucky, farmer and deputy sheriff) Legal: Samuel T. Wilson (Green County, Kentucky, clerk of circuit court) Legal: Samuel A. Spencer (Green County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Legal: Samuel Rogers Tolle (Barren County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff) Legal: Green Circuit Court Familial: Drury Roberts (Barren County, Kentucky, farmer) Economic: William Barret Allen (Greensburg, Kentucky, attorney, banker, and politician)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, Division 2, p. 442A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, Division 2, p. 214. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, District 1, p. 790. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #10711. Drury Roberts (Barren County, Kentucky, farmer) N00012823 1794? Categories: People

Barren County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Lucy Richardson Roberts. Father of Frances C. Roberts, Sarah C. Roberts, Judith C. Roberts, William H. Roberts, James M. Roberts, and Mary Roberts. Farmer in Barren County in 1850. Owned six enslaved persons in Barren County in 1850. Farmer in Barren County in 1860. Employed William H. Roberts as a farm laborer in Barren County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: John W. Barrett (Barren County, Kentucky, farmer and deputy sheriff) Legal: Samuel T. Wilson (Green County, Kentucky, clerk of circuit court) Legal: Samuel A. Spencer (Green County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Legal: Samuel Rogers Tolle (Barren County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff) Legal: Green Circuit Court Legal: Thomas S. Walton (Barren County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Familial: William H. Roberts (Barren County, Kentucky, farmer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, Division 2, p. 442A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, Division 2, p. 214. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, District 1, p. 790. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #10711. Samuel A. Spencer (Green County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) N00012826 1803-02-04 1871-05-12 Categories: People

Green County, Kentucky, attorney and judge. Kentucky native. Married to Virginia Willis Spencer in Adair County, Kentucky, on January 31, 1828. Father of Louisa H. Spencer, Alice C. Spencer, Ann R. Spencer, Samuel F. Spencer, and Mary B. Spencer. Attorney in Green County in 1860. Presiding judge of the Green County Court in 1862.

Relationships Legal: Samuel T. Wilson (Green County, Kentucky, clerk of circuit court) Legal: John W. Barrett (Barren County, Kentucky, farmer and deputy sheriff) Legal: Samuel Rogers Tolle (Barren County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff) Political: Creed H. Craddock (Green County, Kentucky, farmer tenant and justice of the peace) Social: James Whitlock (Green County, Kentucky, merchant, farmer, and justice of the peace) Political: Green County Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, District 2, p. 628. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Adair County Marriages, Film #001904582, p. 162/162 on microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com). “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), p. 304. Find A Grave, "Samuel A. Spencer (1803-1871)," Memorial #73272613, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73272613 (accessed June 15, 2020). Samuel T. Wilson (Green County, Kentucky, clerk of circuit court) N00012827 1823? Categories: People

Green County, Kentucky, court clerk. Kentucky native. Married to Sallie C. Wilson. Father of William S. Wilson and Hughlet Wilson. Clerk of the Green Circuit Court in Greensburg from 1860 to 1863. Owned two enslaved persons in Green County in 1860. Clerk of the Green Circuit Court in 1865.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, Greensburg/District 2, p. 540. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, District 2, p. 68. “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. “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), 300. “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), 303. “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), 11. John W. Barrett (Barren County, Kentucky, farmer and deputy sheriff) N00012828 1828? Categories: People

Barren County, Kentucky, farmer and deputy sheriff. Virginia native. Married to Elizabeth F. Barrett. Father of Lilian Barrett. Farmer in Barren County in 1860. Owned nine enslaved persons in Barren County in 1860. Deputy sheriff of Barren County in 1863. Deputy sheriff of Barren County in 1864.

Relationships Legal: Samuel T. Wilson (Green County, Kentucky, clerk of circuit court) Legal: Samuel Rogers Tolle (Barren County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff) Legal: Green Circuit Court Legal: William Barret Allen (Greensburg, Kentucky, attorney, banker, and politician)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, Glasgow, District 1, p. 783. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, District 1, p. 49B. KYR-0001-004-0390. KYR-0001-004-0406. Samuel Rogers Tolle (Barren County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff) N00010970 1825-08-19 1900-05-23 Categories: People

Barren County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff. Kentucky native. Married to Margaret C. Smith Tolle in Barren County on September 29, 1847. Father of John T. Tolle. Married to Rachel A. E. Childress Tolle in Barren County on August 20, 1862. Father of Lelia S. Tolle and Sally B. Tolle. Farmer in Barren County in 1850. Resident in Barren County in 1860. Sheriff of Barren County in 1863. Sheriff of Barren County in 1864.

Relationships Social: John Royalty (Barren County, Kentucky, barkeeper) Social: Henry W. Royalty (Barren County, KY, resident) Legal: Barren County Court Legal: Samuel T. Wilson (Green County, Kentucky, clerk of circuit court)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, Division 1, p. 370B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, District 2, p. 930. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, Glasgow, p. 557A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Barren County Marriages, 1845-1848, Film #000209756, p. 432 of 689 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com). Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Barren County Marriages, Film #000216816, p. 26 of 59 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com). “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), 43. 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, Kentucky, February 1864, p. 154 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com). Find A Grave, "Samuel Rogers Tolle (1825-1900)," Memorial #72436857, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72436857 (accessed August 20, 2019). Barren County, Kentucky P00000558 Categories: Places

County in south central Kentucky. Seat at Glasgow. Located on the Barren River.

36.9959, -85.9119 Cecil E. Goode, “Barren County,” The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 54. "Glasgow, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed October 11, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. 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. Green Circuit Court O00000387 1793 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 5th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1860 to 1861. Judge(s): George Kavanaugh. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): Andy Barnett. Clerk(s): Samuel T. Wilson. Located in the 15th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1862 to 1865. Judge(s): T. T. Alexander. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): J. H. C Sandidge. Clerk(s): Samuel T. Wilson.

Relationships Legal: William H. Woods (Green County, Kentucky, Presbyterian minister) Legal: Mary [Unknown] (Green County, Kentucky, enslaved woman.) Legal: Daniel Loyall (Green County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: Lucinda Fields (Green County, Kentucky, resident. Witness in the infanticide case of Mary [Unknown] in Green County in 1864.) Legal: John Coakley (Green County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: Edward B. Sydnor (Green County, Kentucky, farm hand.)

“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. 1863-12-08 Order 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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The Commonwealth of Kentucky To The Sheriff of Barren County Greeting

We Command you that of the estate of Wm H Roberts & Drury Roberts, late of your bailiwick, you cause to be made the Sum of One Hundred Dollars. with interest at the rate of Six per centum per annum, from the day of 186 until paid which the Commonwealth of Kentucky late in our Green Circuit Court has recovered against them for forfeited Bail -- also $350 which in the Same Court was adjudged to her for her costs in that behalf expended., whereof the said Defendants are convicted as appears to us of record, -- & that you have the Said Sums of money before the Judge of said court, at the Court House on the 4th. monday in January next to Render to the said Plaintiff her Debt, & costs aforesaid & have them there this writ

Duplicate of the original John W Barret

Witness Saml. T. Wilson clerk of said Court at the Court House aforesaid, this 8th Day of Decr, 1863 and in the year of the Commonwealth,

S T Wilson clk,

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Commonwealth vs } Fifa W. H. & D Roberts

Jany Rules 1864

Came to hand 11 oc'k A M, Decr 23d 1863 John W Barret D. s. for S. R. Tolle S. B. C

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Whole No 968