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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-0001-004-1302 BR12-12 to BR12-13

Dover, Mason County, Kentucky Thomas Elliott Bramlette (KY governor 1863-67, atty, D.A., col 3rd KY Inf) N001000 1817-01-03 1875-01-12 Categories: People

Twenty-third governor of Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Cumberland County, Kentucky, native. Married to Sallie Travis Bramlette in September 1837. Father of James T. Bramlette, William L. Bramlette, Eugene Bramlette, and Corrina Bell Bramlette. Practiced law in Clinton County, Kentucky, and Columbia, Kentucky. Represented Cumberland and Clinton counties in the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1841 to 1843. Commonwealth's attorney of the 8th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1848 to 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in 1850. Circuit judge of the 6th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1856 to 1861. Owned nine enslaved persons in 1860. Served as colonel of the 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) from 1861 to 1862. District attorney of the United States District Court for Kentucky in 1863. Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from September 1, 1863, to September 3, 1867. Owned law firm of Bramlette & Van Winkle in partnership with Ephraim L. Van Winkle.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, District No. 1, p. 181A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, District No. 1, p. 335 (p. 2 of 2 on microfilm). Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, The Town of Columbia 1st Division, p. 13 (p. 2 of 3 on microfilm). Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 83B. Ross A. Webb, “Thomas E. Bramlette (1863-1867)” in Lowell H. Harrison, ed., Kentucky’s Governors (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2004), 93-97 Lowell H. Harrison, "Bramlette, Thomas Elliott" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 112-13. Arthur F. Dobyns (Mason County, Kentucky, magistrate) N00002813 1809? Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, magistrate. Kentucky native. Married to Lamira Dobyns. Father of Arthur Dobyns, Mary Dobyns, Octavia Dobyns, Elizabeth Dobyns, Martha Dobyns, Rebecca Dobyns, Anna Dobyns, Frances Dobyns, and Emily Dobyns. Magistrate in Mason County from c1860 to c1880.

Relationships Political: Thomas C. Westfall (Mason County teacher and postmaster) Political: J. Coburn Mitchell (Mason County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Richard C. Serhann (Mason County) Political: John. F. Tabb (Mason County, KY, resident) Political: M. Smith (Dover, Mason County, resident) Political: S. S. Yen (Mason County) Political: W. D. Jennings (Mason County) Political: Nathaniel Franklin Conway (Mason County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: John G. Bacon (Mason County) Political: James W. Reynolds (Mason County store clerk) Political: Paschal J. Anderson (Mason County teacher) Political: E. A. Gibbons (Mason County clerk) Political: William B. Crupper (Mason County) Political: Theodore W. Bledsoe (Paris, Illinois, and Mason County, Kentucky, attorney and farmer) Political: John Brock (Mason County) Political: John Anderson (Mason County, Kentucky, resident) Political: William Jennings (Mason County merchant) Political: Robert T. Evans (Mason County, Kentucky, merchant) Political: Benjamin Langford Bacon (Mason County) Political: Ethan Anderson (Mason County, Kentucky, resident) Political: Thomas P. Anderson (Mason County) Political: Marcus Anderson (Mason County) Political: Paschal M. Jennings (Mason County) Political: F. William Long (Mason County, Kentucky, hotel keeper) Political: Thomas A. Curran (Mason County, Kentucky, attorney and postmaster)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bracken County, p. 460. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bracken County, p. 647. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville, p. 38. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Dover, p. 3. Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Dover, p. 9. J. Coburn Mitchell (Mason County, Kentucky, farmer) N00005750 1825? 1870? Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Ignatius S. Mitchell and Ann B. Mitchell. Married to Nancy J. Mitchell. Father of William Ignatius Mitchell, Casionora Mitchell, Martha A. Mitchell, Carrie E. Mitchell, Sue Mitchell, Mollie Mitchell, Dion Mitchell, Mildred A Mitchell. Resident in Mason County in 1850. Farmer in Dover, Kentucky, in 1860.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 1, p. 25A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Dover, p. 233. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Dover, p. 308B. Thomas A. Curran (Mason County, Kentucky, attorney and postmaster) N00002827 1827? 1888-02-07 Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, attorney and postmaster. Harrison County, Kentucky native. Married to Hannah Chambers Curran. Captain of 16th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) during the Civil War. Postmaster in Dover, Kentucky in 1863.

“Historical Sketch of Dover,” The Mason County Genealogical Society Newsletter 9 (1991), 76. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 1, p. 98. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Dover, p. 1. Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Dover, p. 7. “Curran Thomas A,” Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans. Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, pg.121 (accessed via Ancestry.com). F. William Long (Mason County, Kentucky, hotel keeper) N00002817 1814? Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, hotel keeper. Married to Sarah Long. Father of Catherine Long, Rose Long, F. William Long, Jr., Charles Long, Lucretia Long, and Molly Long. Hotel keeper in Mason County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 1, p. 19. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 3, p. 51. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Dover, p. 4. Paschal M. Jennings (Mason County) N00002824 1828? Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, farmer. Farmer in Mason County in 1860. Household owned thirteen enslaved persons in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 1, p. 28. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 3, p. 59. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Dover, p. 3. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 3, p. 13. Marcus Anderson (Mason County) N00002821 1833? Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, farmer. Ohio native. Farmer in Mason County in 1860. Married to Kate Long Anderson on November 12, 1861.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 1, p. 17. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Dover, p. 14. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records - Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #unknown, Mason County Marriages, p. 1. Thomas P. Anderson (Mason County) N00002829 1837? 1922-11-22 Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Resident in Mason County in 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 1, p. 26. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records - Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #unknown, Mason County Deaths, p. 1. KYR-0001-004-1302. Ethan Anderson (Mason County, Kentucky, resident) N00002816 1840? Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Resident in Mason County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 1, p. 17. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 3, p. 59. Benjamin Langford Bacon (Mason County) N00002814 1820? Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Margaret Bacon. Father of Sarah Bacon, Bettie Bacon, Buck Bacon, Margaret Bacon, Sally Bacon, and Jacory Bacon. Farmer in Mason County in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, County, District 1, p.3. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Lower District, p. 12. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Minerva, p. 6. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 3, p. 2. S. S. Yen (Mason County) N00002834 Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, resident. Resident in Mason County in 1860.

KYR-0001-004-1302. Robert T. Evans (Mason County, Kentucky, merchant) N00002825 1832? Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, merchant. Kentucky native. Merchant in Mason County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Dover, District 3, p. 53. M. Smith (Dover, Mason County, resident) N00002835 Categories: People

Requested remission of a fine on behalf of G.W. Hortons in Dover, Kentucky, on October 8, 1861. Signed petition on behalf of Samuel S. True in Dover on September 30, 1863. Signed petition on behalf of Arthur F. Dobyns in Dover on November 18, 1864.

Relationships Political: George W. Horton (Mason Co cigar manufacturer) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: Mason Circuit Court

KYR-0001-004-1302. KYR-0001-020-1484. KYR-0001-004-0046. William Jennings (Mason County merchant) N00002831 1834? Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, merchant. Kentucky native. Merchant in Mason County in 1860. Household owned thirteen enslaved persons in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 1, p. 28. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 3, p. 59. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 3, p. 13. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Dover, p. 4. John Anderson (Mason County, Kentucky, resident) N00002832 Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, resident. Resident in Mason County in 1864.

KYR-0001-004-1302. John Brock (Mason County) N00002819 1834? Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, laborer. Kentucky native. Laborer in Mason County in 1870.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Minerva, p. 1. John. F. Tabb (Mason County, KY, resident) N00002836 Categories: People

Signed petition on behalf of Samuel S. True in Dover, Kentucky, on September 30, 1863. Signed petition on behalf of Arthur S. Dobyns in Dover, Kentucky, on November 18, 1864.

KYR-0001-004-1302. KYR-0001-004-0046. Theodore W. Bledsoe (Paris, Illinois, and Mason County, Kentucky, attorney and farmer) N00002826 1835 1908-02-03 Categories: People

Paris, Illinois, and Mason County, Kentucky, attorney and farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Bledsoe. Attorney in Paris in 1860. Farmer in Mason County in 1870.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 1, p. 25. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Illinois, Edgar County, Paris, p. 12. Illinois Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1851-1900), Roll #1301880-1301882, Edgar County Marriages, p. unknown. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Minerva, District 4, p. 15. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994027-994058, Kenton County Marriages, p. 104. William B. Crupper (Mason County) N00002830 1803? Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Ellen Crupper. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1853 to 1854. Farmer in Mason County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bracken County, p. 410. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Dover, District 3, p. 56. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Dover, p. 10. Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (Frankfort, KY: A. G. Hodges, State Printer, 1854), p. 3. Thomas C. Westfall (Mason County teacher and postmaster) N00002828 1832-12-14 1924-05-05 Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, teacher and postmaster. Ohio native. Married to Mary Katherine Westfall. Father of Sara Louise Westfall. Teacher in Mason County in 1860. Postmaster of Minerva from 1862 to 1866.

“Westfall, Thomas C.,” Spring Grove Cemetery, http://www.springgrove.org/stats/98954.tif.pdf. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #15722, Kenton County Deaths, p. unknown. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Carroll County, Washington, p. 107. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 3, p. 69. Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, vol. 28, p. 137, (accessed via Ancestry.com). E. A. Gibbons (Mason County clerk) N00002815 1830? Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, clerk. Kentucky native. Married to Eliza C. Reynolds Gibbons on May 31, 1860. Clerk in Mason County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 3, Dover, p. 53. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #000281844, Mason County Marriages, p. 1. Richard C. Serhann (Mason County) N00002837 Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, resident. Resident in Mason County in 1864.

KYR-0001-004-1302. Paschal J. Anderson (Mason County teacher) N00002823 1826? Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, schoolteacher. Kentucky native. Kentucky native. Schoolteacher in Mason County in 1870.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Dover, p. 4. Nathaniel Franklin Conway (Mason County, Kentucky, farmer) N00002822 1831-11-11 1891-07-26 Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, farmer. Nicholas County, Kentucky native. Married to Amanda T. Jennings Conway on April 7, 1857. Father of Will F. Conway, Bettie G. Conway, and Charles Lee Conway. Farmer in Mason County in 1860.

Charles Kerr, ed. History of Kentucky (Chicago: American Historical Society, 1922), 4:301. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 3, p. 67. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994027-994058, Mason County Marriages, p. unknown. Find A Grave, “Nathaniel Franklin ‘Frank’ Conway (November 11, 1831-May 30, 2015), "Memorial #147201852, http://findagrave.com/memorial/147201852 (accessed February 8, 2018). James W. Reynolds (Mason County store clerk) N00002818 1820? Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, store clerk. Kentucky native. Married to Margaret Reynolds. Father of Laura Reynolds and Ellen Reynolds. Store clerk in Mason County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville, p. 17. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville, Ward 4, p. 16. John G. Bacon (Mason County) N00002820 1826? Categories: People

Mason County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Jacova P. Reynolds Bacon on December 17, 1850. Farmer in Mason County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 1, p. 3. Wilbur Greeley Burroughs, “Oberlin’s Part in the Slavery Conflict,” Ohio Archaeological and Historical Quarterly 20 (1911): 300-301. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #unknown, Mason County Marriages, p. unknown. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville, Lower District, p. 14. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Dover, p. 11. Dover, Kentucky P00002812 Categories: Places

City in Mason County, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River.

38.7581, -83.883 Robert M. Rennick, "Dover," in Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), p. 84. USGS: Earth Explorer, “Dover, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on March 3, 2020). Mason County, Kentucky P00000446 Categories: Places

County in northeast Kentucky. Seat at Maysville. Located on the Ohio River.

38.6412, -83.7444 Jean W. Calvert, “Mason County” and “Maysville,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), p. 614, 621-22. "Maysville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed October 21, 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. Mason Circuit Court O00000426 Categories: Organizations

Circuit court located in the 10th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): E. C. Phister and L. W. Andrews. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): R. H. Stanton and George M. Thomas. Clerk(s): Keith Berry and John M. Duke, Jr.

Relationships Legal: William Carr (Mays Lick, Kentucky, hotel keeper) Legal: James C. Brookover (Maysville, Kentucky, grocery merchant) Legal: James Hessen (Maysville, Kentucky, drayman) Legal: Arthur F. Dobyns (Mason County, Kentucky, magistrate) Political: William H. Savage (Mason County, Kentucky, retail clerk and attorney)

“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), 304-305 “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. Dover, Mason County, Kentucky 1864-11-18 Petition English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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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Dover Ky Novr. 18th 1864 To His Excellency,

The Governor of Kentucky --

The undersigned citizens of Dover Mason County Kentucky, would respectfully represent that, at the October Term of the Mason Circuit Court, Arthur F. Dobyns was fined the sum of Two hundred dollars, under circumstances which lead us to invoke the Executive clemency in his behalf.

Mr Dobyns was indicted and fined under the law, which prohibits any one from allowing gaming on his premises: And while that law meets with our hearty Sanction and approval; we are, in his case, reminded most forcibly, that laws just and humane in their general operation, are often in individual instances oppressive and unjust. Mr Dobyns it appears from the Evidence adduced upon the trial allowed a party of of gentlemen at his private residence; to indulge in a game of cards, the object of which must have ^been^ amusement, as the sums bet were too insignificant to deserve the name of gaming. He very frankly admitted to the Court that he and his friends, (as was customary in the neighborhood) occassionally, at his house, played games of cards the main object of which was pastime. And though small sums of money were bet at these games, he never, for a moment, thought they constituted a legitimate Subject of Enquiry for a Grand-Jury. Even the Court, as we are informed, in adjudging the fine against him, regretted its want of discretion in the case.

In view of the above statements, the undersigned pray the fine may be remitted.

Most Respectfully.

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J. C. Mitchell

Tho A Curran

F W Long

J P N. Jennings

Marcus Anderson

Tho P Anderson

Ethan Anderson

B L Bacon

S. S Tene

Robt Y. Evans

M Smith

Wm Jennings

John, Anderson

John Brock

John. G. Tabb

T. W. Bledsoe

W B Crupper

T. C. Westfall

E. A. Gibbons.

Richd C. Terhune

W. D. Jennings

P. J. Anderson

N. F. Conway

J. W. Reynolds

J. G. Bacon

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Mason Cir Ct vs A. F. Dobyns $200. Remitted 12th Jany/65