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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-0001-004-0705 BR10-79

Isaac N. Vertrees (McLean Co farmer) N00001089 1801? Categories: People

McLean County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married Meekey Lane Vertrees. Father of John Vertrees, Samuel Vertrees, Emily Benham Vertrees, Miles Vertrees, Isaac Vertrees, Squire Vertrees, James Vertrees, Scott Vertrees, Taylor Vertrees, and Alice Vertrees. Farmer in Meade County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in McLean County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Phillip B. Hicks (McLean County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Legal: McLean Circuit Court Economic: Phillip B. Hicks (McLean County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Political: Richard Taylor Jacob (Oldham Co, KY, Col of 9th Cav, Lt. Gov of KY, 1863-1867) Social: Henry Hicks (McLean County, Kentucky, resident. Formerly enslaved by Phillip Hicks)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Meade County, Kentucky District, p. 171. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McLean County, p. 32. John Erwin (McLean County, Kentucky, farmer and fisherman.) N00017452 1830? Categories: People

McLean County, Kentucky, farmer and fisherman. Indiana native. Married to Lavisa Pinkston Erwin in Daviess County, Kentucky, on May 18, 1848. Father of Starling Asbury Erwin, Melvina Erwin Crabtree, Robert H. Erwin, Melissa Erwin, and Nancy E. Erwin. Farmer in Daviess County in 1850. Fisherman in McLean County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Phillip B. Hicks (McLean County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Legal: McLean Circuit Court Economic: Phillip B. Hicks (McLean County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Social: Henry Hicks (McLean County, Kentucky, resident. Formerly enslaved by Phillip Hicks) Political: Richard Taylor Jacob (Oldham Co, KY, Col of 9th Cav, Lt. Gov of KY, 1863-1867) Legal: McLean County Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Daviess County, District 2, p. 438A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McLean County, Calhoun, p. 6. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McLean County, Calhoun, p. 186A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Daviess County Marriages, Film #005557639, p. 100. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #8228. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #18587. Phillip B. Hicks (McLean County, Kentucky, farmer. ) N00017453 1815? Categories: People

McLean County, Kentucky, farmer and hotel keeper. Kentucky, native. Married to Mary Jane Pruitt Hicks in Henderson County, Kentucky, on November 10, 1840. Father of Martha J. Hicks, Nancy Hicks, William Hicks, Charles W. W. Hicks, and Alice Hicks. Farmer in Henderson County in 1850. Employed David McFarland as a farmer in Henderson County in 1850. Owned seven enslaved persons in Henderson County in 1850. Hotel Keeper in McLean County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in McLean County in 1860. Enslaved Henry Hicks in McLean County in 1864.

Relationships Legal: McLean Circuit Court Slavery: Henry Hicks (McLean County, Kentucky, resident. Formerly enslaved by Phillip Hicks) Social: Isaac N. Vertrees (McLean Co farmer) Social: John Erwin (McLean County, Kentucky, farmer and fisherman.) Political: Richard Taylor Jacob (Oldham Co, KY, Col of 9th Cav, Lt. Gov of KY, 1863-1867)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 2, p. 290B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 2, p. 508. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McLean County, Calhoun, p. 5. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, McLean County, Calhoun, p. 430B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McLean County, Calhoun, p. 209A. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994038, Henderson County Births. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Henderson County Marriages, Film #000576460, p. 67. KYR-0001-004-0705. Henry Hicks (McLean County, Kentucky, resident. Formerly enslaved by Phillip Hicks) N00017454 1841? Categories: People

McLean County, Kentucky, resident. Married to Emeline Hicks. Father of Alice Hicks, Henry Hicks, and Sallie Hicks. Enslaved by Phillip B. Hicks in McLean County, Kentucky, in 1860.

Relationships Slavery: Phillip B. Hicks (McLean County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Social: John Erwin (McLean County, Kentucky, farmer and fisherman.) Social: Isaac N. Vertrees (McLean Co farmer) Legal: McLean Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, McLean County, Calhoun, p. 430B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McLean County, Calhoun Precinct, p. 186A. Louis Leo Moore (Clerk of McLean Circuit Ct.) N00002791 1818-04-06 1897-02-21 Categories: People

McLean County, Kentucky, circuit and county court clerk. Bardstown, Kentucky native. Son of Alexander Moore and Francis Warren Moore. Married to Elizabeth P. Landrum Moore. Calhoun, Kentucky, resident. Clerk of the McLean Circuit Court and McLean County Court in McLean County from 1862 to 1866.

Relationships Legal: McLean Circuit Court Political: McLean Circuit Court Legal: Phillip B. Hicks (McLean County, Kentucky, farmer. )

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McLean, Calhoun, p. 4. “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), 301-306. “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), 347-350.Find A Grave, "Louis Leo Moore (1818-1897)," Memorial #88223665, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=88223665&ref=acom (accessed March 24, 2017). 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. McLean Circuit Court O00000433 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 3rd Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): James Stewart. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): Cicero Maxwell and John Chapeze. Clerk(s): Alfred C. Tanner and Louis L. Moore.

Relationships Legal: Robert A. Hunt (McLean County) Legal: J. W. Taylor (McLean County) Political: Louis Leo Moore (Clerk of McLean Circuit Ct.) Economic: John W. Moore (McLean County. Deputy clerk of McLean Circuit Court) Legal: Douglass Little (Presiding Judge McLean Co Ct.) Legal: L. B. Lillard (Calhoun, Ky ) Legal: John G. Barnes (McLean County) Legal: Isaac N. Vertrees (McLean Co farmer) Legal: John Erwin (McLean County, Kentucky, farmer and fisherman.) Legal: Stephen W. Duval (McLean County, Kentucky, laborer and soldier.)

“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), 303-308; “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), 301-306; “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), 347-350. 1864-04-11 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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Commonwelth of Kentucky Against } Affidavit Isaac Vertreese & John Erwin

Phillip B. Hicks says that he is the owner of the negro man Henry and has owned him from a child that he is the slave for selling ardent spirits to whom the Defendants in this action had Judgment rendered against them for 50$ at the March Term of the McClean Circuit Court 1864 he further says that the defendants had daily orders from him at the time of the finding of the Indictment and for sometime prior thereto to sell his said slave whisky Brandy or any other spiritious Liquors where ever he called for it

P. B. Hicks

Sworn to before me by Philip B Hicks Apr 11th 1864

Louis L Moore clk