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Henderson County, Kentucky Henry Pointer (Henderson County, Kentucky, blacksmith.) N00017954 1830? Categories: People

Henderson County, Kentucky, blacksmith. Kentucky native. Blacksmith in Henderson County, Kentucky, in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Henderson Circuit Court Familial: [Unknown] [Unknown] (Mentioned in a petition for Henry Pointer as his wife) Legal: John Young Brown (Hardin County, Kentucky, attorney and US House Rep, )

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division 1, p. 133. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Henderson, p. 84A. Samuel B. Vance, Sr. (Henderson, Kentucky, minister, attorney and city council advisor) N00000957 1830? 1901-07-15 Categories: People

Henderson, Kentucky, minister, attorney and city council advisor. Tennessee native. Married Nannie "Ann" E. Dixon Vance on November 21, 1854. Father of Cordelia Vance, Robert Vance, Mary Vance, Samuel B. Vance, Jr., and Andrew Vance. Graduated from Cumberland University in Tennessee in 1849. Minister of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, in 1849 and 1850. Attorney in Henderson in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in 1860. Advisor to the Henderson City Council from 1858 to 1859 and 1862 to 1866.

Relationships Legal: Henry Raines (Indicted in the Henderson Circuit Court) Economic: Henry Raines (Indicted in the Henderson Circuit Court) Legal: Henderson Circuit Court Economic: Henderson Circuit Court Legal: Milton Young (Henderson County, Kentucky, planter and politician) Social: Milton Young (Henderson County, Kentucky, planter and politician) Political: Lazarus Whitehead Powell (Henderson County, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Social: William H. Brown (Webster County, Kentucky, farmer.)

Edmund L. Starling, History of Henderson County, Kentucky (Henderson, KY: n.p., 1887), p. 374; Jordan Dodd, Kentucky Marriages, 1802-1850, Ancestry, Henderson County, Kentucky, November 21,1854; U.S., College Student Lists, 1763-1924, Ancestry, Cumberland College, 1852. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Todd County, District 2, p. 287; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division 1, p. 35; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division 1, p. 33; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Henderson, Ward 4, p. 31; Find A Grave, "Samuel B. Vance (1830-1901)," Memorial #85260955, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=85260955 (accessed July 28, 2017). John Taylor Hopkins (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer and slaveholder.) N00017949 1808-11-23 1872-11-20 Categories: People

Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Martha P. Cowen Hopkins in Henderson County, Kentucky, on February 10, 1831. Father of Charles Hopkins, Mary A. Hopkins, and Juliette H. Hopkins. Married to Esther Lynda Hawkins Hopkins in Henderson County on December 21, 1848. Father of Annah Hopkins, John Taylor Hopkins, Strother Banks Hopkins, Esther Hopkins, Edmund Hopkins, and Ella Hopkins. Resident of Henderson County in 1840. Owned seven enslaved persons in 1840. Farmer in Henderson County in 1850. Owned seven enslaved persons in Henderson County in 1850. Farmer in Henderson County in 1860. Owned twelve enslaved persons in Henderson County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Henry Pointer (Henderson County, Kentucky, blacksmith.) Legal: Henderson Circuit Court Familial: Francis Jones Hopkins (Henderson County, Kentucky, resident.)

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States(1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, p. 241. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 2, p. 362A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 2. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division 1, p. 136. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 1, p. 147B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Henderson, p. 84B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Henderson County Marriages, Film #000576460, p. 42. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Henderson County Marriages, Film #001944390, p. 105. "John Taylor Hopkins (1808-1872)," Find A Grave, Memorial #9014686, accessed July 3, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90149686. Francis Jones Hopkins (Henderson County, Kentucky, resident.) N00017950 1801? Categories: People

Henderson County, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth H. Smith Hopkins in Henderson County on April 12, 1831. Resident of Henderson County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in 1850. Household owned an additional ten enslaved persons in 1850. Resident of Henderson County in 1860. Household owned twelve enslaved people in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Henry Pointer (Henderson County, Kentucky, blacksmith.) Legal: Henderson Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 2, p. 356A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United states(1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 2. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division 1, p. 136. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States(1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division 1, p. 147B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Henderson County Marriages, Film #004261112, p. 253. William Rankin (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer.) N00017951 1795? 1871? Categories: People

Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Frances Gwatkin Rankin. Father of Adam Rankin, Gwatkin Rankin, and Juliet S. Rankin. Farmer in Henderson County in 1850. Owned twelve enslaved persons in Henderson County in 1850, including five listed as fugitive slaves. Farmer in Henderson County in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Henderson County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Henry Pointer (Henderson County, Kentucky, blacksmith.) Legal: Henderson Circuit Court Familial: Adam Rankin (Henderson County, Kentucky, court clerk)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 1, p. 270B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States(1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 1. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division 1, p. 21. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 1, p. 28. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #13777. Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Henderson County Administrators Bonds,1871-1909, p. 38. Paschal Rouse (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer.) N00017952 1810-09-20 1872-01-17 Categories: People

Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer. Henderson County, Kentucky, native. Son of Lewis Ludwig Rouse and Elizabeth Garrett Rouse. Married to Jane Elizabeth McClanahan Rouse in Henderson County, Kentucky, on December 14, 1834. Father of James W. Rouse and Susan Alice Rouse. Married to Eliza Jane Nelson Rouse in Henderson County on April 3, 1852. Father of Mary Ella Rouse, Richard Rouse, William D. Rouse, and Berry Rouse. Farmer in Henderson County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person (listed as a fugitive) in Henderson County in 1850. Farmer in Henderson County in 1860. Employed Daniel McMullen, Thomas Swainey, Thomas Talbott, Arthur Talbott, George Guodquinn, Frank Painter, Nathaniel Painter, Joseph Painter, Charles Painter, and James Dugle as laborers in Henderson County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Henderson County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Henry Pointer (Henderson County, Kentucky, blacksmith.) Legal: Henderson Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 2, p. 629. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 2, p. 18. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division 1, p. 135. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division 1, p. 18. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, p. 92B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Henderson County Marriages, Film #000576460, p. 559. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Henderson County Marriages, Film #000576460, p. 126. South Carolina Death Certificates, 1925-1949, South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, SC, File #10244. "Paschal Rouse (1810-1872)," Find A Grave, Memorial #84695094, accessed July 4, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84695094. James Rouse (Union County, Kentucky, merchant.) N00017953 1834 1904 Categories: People

Union County, Kentucky, merchant. Henderson County, Kentucky, native. Son of James Rouse and Sarah K. Rouse. Married to Adeline Hatfield Rouse in Union County, Kentucky, on September 5, 1854. Father of Edward Douglas Rouse. Farm laborer in Henderson County in 1850. Household owned eleven enslaved persons in Henderson County in 1850. Merchant in Union County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Union County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Henry Pointer (Henderson County, Kentucky, blacksmith.) Legal: Henderson Circuit Court Familial: Paschal Rouse (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 1, p. 267B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States(1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 1. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, Uniontown, p. 541. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States(1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, Uniontown, p. 418A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Union County Marriages, Film #000562202, p. 1. "James Rouse (1834-1904)," Find A Grave, Memorial #46615772, accessed July 4, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46615772. Adam Rankin (Henderson County, Kentucky, court clerk) N00003723 1836 1901 Categories: People

Henderson County, Kentucky, court clerk. Kentucky native. Son of William Rankin and Frances Rankin. Resident of Henderson County in 1850. Household owned twelve enslaved persons in Henderson County in 1850. Clerk of the Henderson Circuit Court from 1862 to 1870.

Relationships Legal: Henderson Circuit Court Legal: Henry Pointer (Henderson County, Kentucky, blacksmith.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Henderson, District 1, p. 270B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 1. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Henderson, Ward 3, p. 12. William T. Samuels, Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts, of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, 1866), p. 11. William T. Samuels, Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts, of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1867 (Frankfort, KY: John H. Harney, 1867), p. 356. D. Howard Smith, Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts, of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1869 (Frankfort, KY: S. I. M. Major, 1869), p. 172. D. Howard Smith, Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts, of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1870 (Frankfort, KY: S. I. M. Major, 1871), p. 162. "Adam Rankin (1836-1901)," Find A Grave, Memorial 70425188, accessed December 14, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70425188. KYR-0001-029-0511. Henderson County, Kentucky P00002891 Categories: Places

County in western Kentucky. Seat at Henderson. Located on the Ohio River.

37.8362, -87.59 "Henderson, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed February 26, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. "Henderson County," The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 424. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 137-38. Kentucky P001800 Categories: Places

State in the upper south of the United States. Capital at Frankfort. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 14, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992). Henderson Circuit Court O00000397 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 14th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): William P. Fowler. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): L. M. Low, John Barrett, and Benjamin P. Cissell. Clerk(s): T. J. Hopkins and Adam Rankin.

Relationships Economic: Adam Rankin (Henderson County, Kentucky, court clerk) Legal: Richard M. Overfield (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Mariah Dixon (henderson county) Legal: Benjamin Singleton (Marshall County, Indiana, farmer and soldier) Legal: Milton Young (Henderson County, Kentucky, planter and politician) Legal: Ambrose H. Talbott (Henderson County merchant) Legal: Thomas W. Dixon (farmer, henderson county, KY) Legal: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: John Tuell (Henderson, Kentucky, bricklayer) Legal: James H. Priest (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Legal: Thomas Eblen (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: James E. Fagan (Henderson County, Kentucky, plasterer.) Legal: Alfred Oliver (Henderson County, Kentucky, carpenter and farmer.) Legal: Radford Dunn (Henderson County, Kentucky, overseer and farmer.) Legal: Andrew W. Agnew (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: George W. Hunter (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: John W. Chetham (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: James T. Hicks (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: James H. Farley (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: Thomas W. Powell (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: John James Towles (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer.) Legal: John Agar, Jr (Henderson County, Kentucky, bricklayer.) Legal: Asa F. Parker (Henderson County, Kentucky, brick mason and brick maker) Legal: Tingnal J. Hopkins (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer and bookkeeper.) Legal: George Frederick "Fred" Pentecost (Christian County, Kentucky, clerk, soldier, minister.) Legal: George A. Sugg (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff.) Legal: Wiley P. Fowler (Livingston County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Legal: Robert G. Beverley (Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer and merchant.) Legal: Henry Lyne (Henderson County, Kentucky, clerk and farmer.) Legal: J. K. Edwards (Kentucky, aid to Bramletter, "colonel") Legal: Willis Lago (Woodford County, Kentucky, fugitive from the law) Legal: Thomas Bell Monroe, Jr. (Frankfort, KY, sec state Aug 30, 1859-Oct 1, 1861attorney, politician, CSA major) Legal: Roger Weightman Hanson (Fayette County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier.) Legal: John B. Major (Frankfort, Kentucky, state printer) Legal: Edward Henry Hobson (Green County, Kentucky, merchant, saddler, Brig. Genl) Legal: William H. Spencer (Adair County, Kentucky, druggist; adj, maj, lt colo, & colo 3rd Ky Inf USA) Legal: James Wilson (Henderson County, Kentucky, prisoner) Legal: William Gardner Capps (Rockcastle County, Kentucky, student and corporal (U.S.A.)) Legal: F. G. Nall (Hartford, Ohio County, Kentucky, resident)

“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. 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. Henderson County, Kentucky 1865-05-24 Legal/Financial English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 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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Henderson Circuit Court The Commonwealth of Kentucky vs Henry Pointer

The Grand Jury of Henderson County in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, accuse Henry Pointer of the offense of unlawfully migrating to this State, committed as follows: the said Henry Pointer on the day of 1859 in the County aforesaid, and since the eleventh day of June 1850 he then and there being a free negro, did migrate to this State with the intention of remaining therein against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

S. B. Vanceatty for the Comth pro tem.

Witnesses: John T. Hopkins F J. Hopkins. Wm Rankin Paschal Rouse James Rouse

I certify that the above is a true and correct copy of the indictment filed in my office. May 24th 1865

attest: Adam Rankin Clerk H. C. C.

At the June Term 1862 of said Court, a Jury was empanneled in the above case, heard the evidence &, but were unable to agree & were discharged, as appears of record

attest: Adam rankin C H C C

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Commonth of Kentucky vs } Copy Indictment Henry Pointer