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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-0001-004-1356 BR12-109 to BR12-110

Mercer County, Kentucky John Patterson (Mercer County, KY, resident) N00004883 Categories: People

Mercer County, Kentucky, resident. Convicted in the November 1864 term of the Mercer Circuit Court of shooting and wounding Andrew Galbraith Kyle.

Relationships Military: John D. Hale (Mercer County, KY, merchant & brevet 2nd lieut 9th KY Cav USA & col 74th Reg Ky Enrolled Militia) Military: 4th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 2nd Kentucky Heavy Artillery Regiment (U.S.A.) Legal: Mercer Circuit Court Familial: [unknown] Patterson (Mercer County) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: Andrew Galbraith Kyle (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer; president of Harrodsburg Savings Institution) Legal: Kentucky State Penitentiary

KYR-0001-004-1344. KYR-0001-004-1356. KYR-0001-004-1358. KYR-0001-004-1359. Andrew Galbraith Kyle (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer; president of Harrodsburg Savings Institution) N00002275 1796 1872 Categories: People

Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer, commissioner, and bank president. Washington County, Kentucky, native. Son of Thomas Kyle. Married to Jane H. Glover Kyle. Father of John G. Kyle and Thomas Kyle. Justice of the Peace in Mercer County in 1847. Chairman of a meeting of the Friends of Emancipation and Colonization in Mercer County in April 1849. Farmer in Mercer County in 1850. Commissioner of the Harrodsburg Savings Institution in 1850. Owned fourteen enslaved persons in Mercer County in 1850. Commissioner of Lexington, Harrodsburg, and Bowling Green Railroad Company in 1851. Farmer in Mercer County in 1860. Owned eighteen enslaved persons in Mercer County in 1860. President of the Harrodsburg Savings Institution in 1864. Colonel in the state militia. Member of the board of curators of Kentucky University in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Mercer Circuit Court Legal: John Patterson (Mercer County, KY, resident) Social: Elison H. Carter (Mercer County, KY, blacksmith and private 9th KY Cav USA) Social: Lorenzo Hobbs Noble (Lebanon, Marion Co, Kentucky, attorney & commonwealth's atty) Economic: Harrodsburg Savings Institution Legal: John Bryan Bowman (Mercer County, KY, attorney, educator, farmer, college regent) Legal: Abraham Hite Bowman (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and curator of Kentucky Univ) Legal: John Augustus Williams (Mercer County, KY, educator, Daughters College, curator KY Univ) Legal: Andrew Steele (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer and curator of Kentucky Univ) Legal: Benjamin B. Groom (Clark County, Kentucky, farmer and curator of Kentucky Univ) Legal: William Thomas Moore (Curator of Kentucky Univ) Legal: David Williams Thompson (Mercer County, KY, farmer and curator of Kentucky Univ) Legal: Joseph Smith (Fayette County, KY, physician and curator of Kentucky University)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District No. 2, p. 347A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District No. 2, pp. 907-8. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, p. 715. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, pp. 49A-B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, p. 583B. Taliaferro P. Shaffner, ed., The Kentucky State Register, for the Year 1847 (Louisville: Morton & Griswold, 1847), 132. "Public Meeting in Mercer," The Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, Ky.), April 19, 1849, p. 2. Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Passed at December Session 1849 (Frankfort: A. G. Hodges & Co., State Printers, 1850), 623-24. Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Passed at the November Session, 1850, vol. 2 (Frankfort: A. G. Hodges & Co., State Printers, 1850), 561. Thomas W. Westerfield, ed., Kentucky Genealogy and Biography: Sketches from Adair, Boyle, Casey, Cumberland, Garrard, Green, Lincoln, Madison, Marion, Mercer, Nelson, Taylor, Washington Counties, vol. 5 (Owensboro, Ky.: Genealogical Reference Company, 1975), p. 173. Reprint of W. H. Perrin, J. H. Battle, and G. C. Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State, 4th ed. Mercer, Will Books, 1865, 1916, Mercer County, October 19, 1871, p. 127 (Accessed via Ancestry.com). Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7016150, Mercer County Deaths, File #2448. Find A Grave, "Andrew Galbraith Kyle (1796-1872)," Memorial #100136706, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100136706 (accessed December 23, 2019). KYR-0001-009-0038. Elijah Gabbert (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and KY state rep) N00000210 1810? Categories: People

Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and politician. Virginia native. Married to Malinda Divine Gabbert. Farmer in Mercer County in 1850. Owned five enslaved persons in Mercer County in 1850. Farmer in Mercer County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Mercer County in 1860. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Mercer County in 1840, from 1853 to 1855, and from 1861 to 1865.

Relationships Legal: J. R. Rice (Resident of Mercer County, Kentucky) Legal: Mercer Circuit Court Social: James Henry Garrard (Franklin County, Kentucky, salt maker and Kentucky state treasurer) Social: James Crockett Sayers (Kenton County, Kentucky, laborer, farmer, politician, QM & 1st lieut 32nd KY Inf USA) Social: Thomas Turner (Montgomery Co., KY, State Rep & attorney) Social: Thomas W. Owings (Meade co state rep) Social: Richard Aylett Buckner, Jr. (Lexington, KY atty, judge & speaker of State House) Social: Bryan Rust Young (Bardstown state rep) Social: John Kemp Goodloe (Woodford Co State Senator) Social: John A. Prall (Bourbon Co State Senator) Social: James Fisher Robinson, Jr. (QMG of KY, Gov's son) Social: Daniel Carmichael Wickliffe (Lexington, Kentucky, attorney, editor and secretary of state) Social: Joshua Tevis (Louisville, KY, State Rep & US District Atto, Col 10th Ky Cav (USA)) Social: Thomas A. Duke (Paducah State Senator & Physician) Social: Harry Innes Todd, Sr. (Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant and penitentiary keeper) Social: Richard Clough Anderson, III (Frankfort state rep) Social: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Social: Samuel E. DeHaven (Oldham County State Sen/Rep) Social: Henry Davis McHenry (Ohio Co., KY, state rep & senator) Social: Martin Pickett Marshall (Mason Co. State Senator) Social: Curtis Field Burnam (Madison County. KY, attorney & State Rep) Social: Willis W. Gardner (Union co. State Sen.) Social: Joshua Barnes (Bath Co., KY, State Rep. & doctor) Social: James Calvert (Boone County, Kentucky, sheriff and politician) Social: Richard J. Browne (Washington Co, KY, State Rep & attorney) Social: Nathaniel Wolfe (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney, Ky rep & senator) Social: William T. Samuels (Hardin Co, KY, clerk, commissioner, KY State Auditor, state rep, clerk of KY Hse of Rep) Social: Walter C. Whitaker (Shelby Co. Ky state sen; col & genl 6th Ky Inf & Army of Cumberland USA) Social: John L. Irvan (Calloway Co. state rep) Social: John R. Thomas (Marion Co., Ky, State rep & attorney) Social: Zebulon Ward (Woodford co State Rep & former penitentiary lessee) Social: John S. Van Winkle (Wayne Co state rep) Social: Jonas Martin (Livingston and Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer and politician.) Social: William S. Rankin (Grant County, KY, State Rep) Social: Joshua Fry Bell (Boyle Co., KY, attorney & politician) Social: Isaac Price Miller (Jefferson co. farmer & politician) Social: James Speed (U.S. Atty. General, Louisville, KY atty & state senator) Social: John B. Bruner (Breckinridge Co., KY, atty & state senator) Legal: John Patterson (Mercer County, KY, resident) Legal: Andrew Galbraith Kyle (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer; president of Harrodsburg Savings Institution) Economic: Harrodsburg Bar Economic: John P. Haggin (Harrodsburg, Kentucky, attorney) Economic: James D. Hardin (Mercer County, Kentucky, attorney) Economic: O. S. Poston (Mercer County, Kentucky, attorney)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District No. 2, p. 343B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District No. 2, p. 899. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District No. 2, p. 570. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District No. 2, p. 42A. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Covington, KY: Collins & Co., 1878), 604. KYR-0001-004-1356. KYR-0362-001-0001. KYR-0001-029-0552. James Taylor (Mercer County, KY, attorney) N00002276 1798 1876-01 Categories: People

Harrodsburg, Kentucky, attorney and bank director. Kentucky native. Married to Georgiana Taylor. Father of James Taylor, Sarah Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Rebecca Taylor, and Caroline Taylor. Member of a committee to draft resolutions for Friends of Emancipation and Colonization in Mercer County, Kentucky, in 1849. Attorney in Harrodsburg in 1850. Appointed Commissioner to divide Mercer County into election districts in 1850. Owned nine enslaved persons in Harrodsburg in 1850. Retired attorney in Harrodsburg in 1860. Owned ten enslaved persons in Harrodsburg in 1860. Member of board of directors of Harrodsburg Savings Institution in 1864.

Relationships Legal: Mercer Circuit Court Legal: John Patterson (Mercer County, KY, resident) Legal: Andrew Galbraith Kyle (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer; president of Harrodsburg Savings Institution) Social: Elison H. Carter (Mercer County, KY, blacksmith and private 9th KY Cav USA) Social: Lorenzo Hobbs Noble (Lebanon, Marion Co, Kentucky, attorney & commonwealth's atty) Social: Andrew Galbraith Kyle (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer; president of Harrodsburg Savings Institution) Economic: Harrodsburg Savings Institution

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, p. 365A-365B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, p. 908-9. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, p. 694. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, p. 47A. “Public Meeting in Mercer,” Courier Journal (Louisville, KY), April 19, 1849. Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky Passed at the November session, 1850, vol. 1 (Frankfort, KY: A.G. Hodges & Co., State Printers, 1851), 9. “Death of Major James Taylor,” Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), January 26, 1876, p. 1. Find A Grave, "James Taylor (1798-1876)," Memorial #100141379, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100141379 (accessed April 23, 2018). KYR-0002-225-0043. Mercer County, Kentucky P00000556 Categories: Places

County in central Kentucky. Seat at Harrodsburg. Located on the Kentucky River.

Relationships Political: Ephraim J. Polk (Mercer County, Kentucky, attorney and examiner for Mercer County)

37.7623, -84.8433 "Harrodsburg, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed September 25, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Ron D. Bryant, “Mercer County,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 627. Mercer Circuit Court O00000424 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 5th Judicial District of Kentucky. Judge(s): George Kavanaugh and John E. Newman. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): Andy Barnett and L. H. Noble. Clerk(s): Benjamin C. Allin and Richard Board.

Relationships Legal: John Murphy (Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Richard Board (Mercer County KY Circuit Court Clerk) Legal: John Glover Kyle (Mercer County, Kentucky, attorney, judge, & col Mercer Co militia) Legal: Martin B. Debaun (Mercer County, Kentucky, hotel keeper and soldier.) Legal: John W. Debaun (Mercer County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Thomas Jenkins (Duncansville, Kentucky, resident) Legal: John Bishop (Duncansville, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Anthony Smith (Cornishville, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Leticia Gray (Mercer County) Legal: John Patterson (Mercer County, KY, resident) Legal: Moses D. Hall (Harrodsburg, Kentucky, grocer) Legal: William Daviess (Harrodsburg, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Robert P. McGrath (Mercer County Merchant) Legal: Sidney S. McFatridge (Mercer County, KY, farmer & sheriff) Legal: John "Isaac" C. Vanarsdall (Mercer County, Kentucky, sheriff. ) Legal: William Payne (Mercer County, merchant and farmer) Legal: George W. Tompkins (Mercer County, sheriff) Legal: Benjamin Casey Allin (Mercer County, Kentucky, circuit clerk) Legal: O. S. Poston (Mercer County, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: Nimrod Harris (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Thomas H. Buckner (Mercer County, KY, planter) Legal: John W. Cardwell (Mercer County, Kentucky, bank cashier and merchant) Legal: Thomas Allin (Mercer County, county clerk) Legal: Philip Burton Thompson, Sr. (KY prov govt, attorney ) Legal: Theodore H. Daviess (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Charles Westerfield (Mercer County, Kentucky, laborer and farmer) Legal: J. Harvey Vanderipe (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and grocer) Legal: Charles Catlett (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Holman R. Crow (Jessamine County, Kentucky, carpenter and livery keeper) Legal: Milton Crow (Grundy County, Missouri, saddler) Legal: Eli Crow (Jessamine County, Kentucky, farmer and merchant) Legal: Elison H. Carter (Mercer County, KY, blacksmith and private 9th KY Cav USA)

“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. 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. Mercer County, Kentucky 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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Mercer circuit Court Commonwealth of Ky against John Patterson

The undersigned citizens of Mercer County state that they were present at the time of the shooting alledged in the Indictment against said John Patterson, for charging him with shooting A. G. Kyle, and we saw the shooting and State that said Patterson did not shoot said Kyle --

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