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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-0001-004-1361 BR12-116-1 to BR12-117

Scott County, Kentucky William H. Cohorn (18th KY Inf. Deserter/Franklin Farm Hand) N00002374 1843-10-07 1917-01-13 Categories: People

Franklin County, Kentucky, farm laborer. Kentucky native. Farm laborer in Franklin County in 1860. Enrolled as a private in the 18th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) on July 7, 1862. Deserted on November 12, 1862. Returned in March 1864. Deserted in May 1864.

Relationships Military: 18th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Thomas H. Moore (Provost Marshall KY 7th/Clark County Whisky merchant) Legal: John N. Long (Scott County, KY, Provost Marshal / Trader) Military: United States Army

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 19. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0310. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #7016191, Franklin County Deaths, File #943. George W. Cohorn (Franklin County Farm Laborer) N00002371 1840? 1907? Categories: People

Franklin County, Kentucky, farm laborer. Kentucky native. Farm laborer in Franklin County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: William H. Cohorn (18th KY Inf. Deserter/Franklin Farm Hand) Legal: Scott Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 20. Find A Grave, "G. W. Cohorn (1840-1907)," Memorial #30234616, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30234616 (accessed March 14, 2017). John Macklin (Franklin County planter) N00002372 1805? 1865? Categories: People

Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Black Macklin. Father of Emma Macklin, Charles Macklin, Anna Macklin, Stephen Macklin, and Sally Macklin. Farmer in Franklin County in 1860. Owned twenty-three enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: William H. Cohorn (18th KY Inf. Deserter/Franklin Farm Hand) Legal: Scott Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 33. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 7-8. Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7017553, Franklin County Deaths, File #21051. Thomas H. Moore (Provost Marshall KY 7th/Clark County Whisky merchant) N00002376 1821-07-22 1879-03-19 Categories: People

Clark County, Kentucky, merchant and provost marshall. Kentucky native. Married to Mariah E. Bright Moore in Lincoln, Tennessee, on March 17, 1842. Father of Anna E. Moore, James M. Moore, Mary A. Moore, Pattie Moore, Kate Moore, and Thomas F. Moore. Merchant in Clark County in 1860. Owned twenty-two enslaved persons in 1860. Provost marshall of the Seventh Judicial District of Kentucky in 1864.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Clark County, Winchester, p. 75. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedule, Kentucky, Clark County, Winchester, p. 32-33. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Clark County, Winchester, p. 20. Tennessee Marriage Records, Nashville, Tennessee, Lincoln County Marriages. Find A Grave, "Thomas H. Moore (July 22, 1821-March 19, 1879)," Memorial #100545403, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100545403 (accessed March 14, 2017). KYR-0001-004-1361. John N. Long (Scott County, KY, Provost Marshal / Trader) N00002369 1832? Categories: People

Scott County, Kentucky, stock trader and provost marshal. Kentucky native. Stock trader in Scott County, Kentucky, in 1860. Provost marshal of Scott County in 1864.

Relationships Legal: William H. Cohorn (18th KY Inf. Deserter/Franklin Farm Hand) Political: Sanford Chowning (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Scott County, District 2, p. 9. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Scott County, Newtown, p. 44. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Scott County, KY, 1863, p. 180. KYR-0001-004-1361. Samuel W. Long (Scott County, Kentucky, attorney) N00002375 1834? Categories: People

Scott County, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Married to Mollie L. Beatty Long in Scott County on October 6, 1863. Graduated from the Law Department of the University of Louisville in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1858. Attorney in Scott County in 1860. Captain in the Kentucky State Guard in 1863. Presiding judge in Georgetown in 1864.

Relationships Legal: John N. Long (Scott County, KY, Provost Marshal / Trader)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Scott County, District 2, p. 9. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Scott County, Newtown, p. 44. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Scott County Marriages, Film 000183225. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Scott County, KY, July 1863, p. 17. Catalogue of the Officers and Students in the Law Department of the University of Louisville: Session of 1859-'60 (Louisville, KY: Hull & Brother, 1860), p. 15. KYR-0001-004-1361. Scott County, Kentucky P001030 Categories: Places

County in central Kentucky. Seat at Georgetown, Kentucky.

38.2098, -84.5588 Ann Bolton Bevins, "Scott County," in The Encyclopedia of Kentucky, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1992), 805-06. "Georgetown, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 14, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Lexington, Kentucky P001002 Categories: Places

Seat of Fayette County, Kentucky.

38.0406, -84.5037 John D. Wright, "Lexington (City)," in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 549-51. "Lexington, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 21, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Georgetown, Kentucky P001838 Categories: Places

Seat of Scott County, Kentucky.

38.2098, -84.5588 “Georgetown,” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), p. 371. "Georgetown, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 23, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. 18th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) O00002378 1862-02-08 1865-04-04 Categories: Organizations

Organized in north-central Kentucky. Mustered into service on February 8, 1862. Mustered out of service on April 4, 1865. Commander(s): Colonel William A. Warner, Lieutenant Colonel John J. Landrum, and Lieutenant Colonel H. K. Milward.

Relationships Military: Samuel G. Rogers (Nicholas County constable, farmer, soldier) Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: Abram G. Wileman (Pendleton County, Kentucky doctor and major 18th Ky Inf)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 2-17. Frederick Henry Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, (Des Moines: Dyer Publishing Company, 1908), p. 1205. Louisville & Nashville Railroad O00002377 1850-03-05 1982-12-31 Categories: Organizations

Chartered in 1850 by the Kentucky and Tennessee legislatures. Main line completed on November 1, 1859. Branch from Louisville to Lebanon was completed in 1858. Branch from Louisville to Bardstown was completed in 1860. Line from Louisville to Memphis was completed in 1861. President: James Guthrie.

Relationships Economic: William Washington Frazer (Kentucky, railroad agent) Economic: James Guthrie (Kentucky U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury) Economic: [Unknown] Enlow (Jefferson Co, Ky) Economic: [Unknown] Hacker (Captain (U.S.A.)) Economic: John E. Enlow (Harrison, Indiana, lieutenant (U.S.A.)) Economic: T. C. Kennedy (Kentucky) Economic: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Economic: 33rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Economic: James Fisher Robinson, Jr. (QMG of KY, Gov's son) Economic: Kentucky Volunteers Economic: Charles R. Griffith (Louisville, Kentucky, clerk and treasurer ) Political: Isham Green Harris (Gov of Tennessee)

Russell Wigginton, "Louisville and Nashville Railroad," in The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture ed. Carroll Van West (Nashville: Rutledge Hill Press, 2002). Charles B. Castner, "A Brief History of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad," http://www.lnrr.org/History.aspx (accessed 03/14/2017). Charles B. Castner, "Louisville and Nashville Railroad," in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 570-80. Scott County, Kentucky 1864-12-21 Legal/Financial English Version 1 of page "4": 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 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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Provost Marshalls Office Scott County Kentucky

The undersigned Provost Marshal of Scott County Ky states that some time in March last, one W. H. Coham was under arrest, by the Civil authorities of Scott County-- He had a preliminary examination before the Presiding Judge of Said County, & admitted to Bail in the sum of three hundred Dollars, with G. W Corham & John McLin as sureties on his Bond-- After his release from Jail I arrested him immediately as a deserter from the 18th KyReg Ky Vol. Infantry & delivered him to Capt Thos. H. Moore Pro M 7th Ky District at Lexington Ky -- by whose orders he was sent to his Regiment -- which was then stationed (I think) on the Nashville Rail Road

Jno, N, Long Pro Mar Scott Co Ky

Sworn to before me by Jno N. Long this 21 Dec 1864

Sam. W. Long P. J. Geo town

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Exhibit for Petition of John Macklin & Geo W Cohorn