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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, Apprehension of Fugitives from Justice Papers, 1863-1867 KYR-0001-005-0040 BR7-72

Union County, Kentucky Benjamin P. Cissell (Attorney, Union Co.) N00006011 1821? Categories: People

Union County, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Married to L. B. Cissell. Father of John V. Cissell. Married to Jenna Doty Cissell in Union County, Kentucky, on June 24, 1855. Attorney in Union County in 1850. Attorney in Union County in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Union County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Union Circuit Court Social: John W. Poe (Hopkins Co., KY, farmer) Social: Dixon Browning (Hopkins Co., KY, farmer) Social: Matthew Howard (Morganfield, Kentucky, physician)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, District No., p. 457B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, Morganfield, p. 209. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, Morganfield, p. 34. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994027-994058, Union County Marriages, p. 1. Samuel [Ten] (Union County, KY) N00006012 Categories: People

Union County, Kentucky, resident. Ward of Benjamin P. Cissell in Union County in 1856.

Relationships Legal: Benjamin P. Cissell (Attorney, Union Co.)

KYR-0001-005-0040. William [Ten] (Union County) N00006013 Categories: People

Union County, Kentucky, resident. Ward of Benjamin P. Cissell in Union County in 1856.

Relationships Familial: Samuel [Ten] (Union County, KY) Legal: Benjamin P. Cissell (Attorney, Union Co.)

KYR-0001-005-0040. Sarah [Ten] (Union County) N00006014 Categories: People

Union County, Kentucky, resident. Ward of Benjamin P. Cissell in Union County in 1856.

Relationships Familial: Samuel [Ten] (Union County, KY) Legal: Benjamin P. Cissell (Attorney, Union Co.) Familial: William [Ten] (Union County)

KYR-0001-005-0040. Carrie [Ten] (Union County) N00006015 Categories: People

Union County, Kentucky, resident. Ward of Benjamin P. Cissell. Owned two enslaved persons in Union County. Hired one enslaved person to D. R. Burbank in Union County in 1864.

Relationships Familial: Samuel [Ten] (Union County, KY) Legal: Benjamin P. Cissell (Attorney, Union Co.) Familial: Sarah [Ten] (Union County) Familial: William [Ten] (Union County) Slavery: Phil [Unknown] (Union County, Kentucky, enslaved man.)

KYR-0001-005-0040. Angeline [Ten] (Union County) N00006016 Categories: People

Union County, Kentucky, resident. Ward of Benjamin P. Cissell. Owned two enslaved persons in Union County. Hired one enslaved person to D. R. Burbank in Union County in 1864.

Relationships Familial: Samuel [Ten] (Union County, KY) Legal: Benjamin P. Cissell (Attorney, Union Co.) Familial: Carrie [Ten] (Union County) Familial: Sarah [Ten] (Union County) Familial: William [Ten] (Union County)

KYR-0001-005-0040. [Unknown] [Unknown] (enslaved by Carrie Ten in Union co.) N00008354 Categories: People

Enslaved by Carrie Ten in Union County, Kentucky, in 1864.

Relationships Slavery: Carrie [Ten] (Union County)

KYR-0001-005-0040. Phil [Unknown] (Union County, Kentucky, enslaved man.) N00006017 Categories: People

Union County, Kentucky, enslaved man. Enslaved in Union County, Kentucky, in 1864. Hired to D. R. Burbank in Union County in 1864.

KYR-0001-005-0040. [Unknown] [Unknown] (enslaved in Union co.) N00008355 Categories: People

Enslaved by Angeline Ten in Union County, Kentucky, in 1864.

Relationships Slavery: Angeline [Ten] (Union County)

KYR-0001-005-0040. Dick [Unknown] (Union County, Kentucky, enslaved man.) N00006018 Categories: People

Union County, Kentucky, enslaved man. Enslaved in Union County, Kentucky, in 1864. Hired to D. R. Burbank in Union County in 1864.

Relationships Slavery: Angeline [Ten] (Union County)

KYR-0001-005-0040. David Redman Burbank (Henderson and Union County, Kentucky, tobacco merchant.) N00006019 1806-03-04 1872-10-31 Categories: People

Henderson and Union County, Kentucky, farmer and tobacco merchant. Maine native. Son of Eleazor Burbank and Mary Bracket Burbank. Married to Anne Terry Burbank in Henderson County, Kentucky, on December 19, 1838. Father of Robert Terry Burbank. Married to Mary Taylor Burbank in Henderson County on December 22, 1851. Father of David Burbank, Annie Burbank, Charles Burbank, Ambrose Burbank, Mary Burbank, and Hannah Burbank. Tobacco merchant in Henderson County in 1850. Employed Eleazer Newcomb as a tobacco dealer in Henderson County in 1850. Employed James White as an overseer in Henderson County in 1850. Owned forty-six enslaved persons in Henderson County in 1850. Tobacco merchant in Henderson County and farmer in Union County in 1860. Owned thirty-seven enslaved persons in Henderson County and an additional twenty-seven enslaved persons in Union County in 1860. Hired Phil [Unknown] and Dick [Unknown] from Carrie [Ten] and Angeline [Ten] as enslaved laborers in Union County in 1864. Enslave Primus [Unknown] in Henderson County in 1865.

Relationships Economic: Benjamin P. Cissell (Attorney, Union Co.) Slavery: Dick [Unknown] (Union County, Kentucky, enslaved man.) Slavery: Phil [Unknown] (Union County, Kentucky, enslaved man.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 1, p. 280A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 1, p. 486. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division 1, p. 31. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, p. 398. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division 1, p. 154A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, p. 409B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Henderson Ward 1, p. 102A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Henderson County Marriages, Film 000576460. George Burbank Sedgley, Genealogy of the Burbank Family and the Families of Bray, Wellcome, Sedgley (Sedgeley) and Welch (Farmington, ME: Knowlton and McLeary Company, 1928), pp. 224-225. Edmund L. Starling, History of Henderson County, Kentucky: Comprising History of County and City, Precincts, Education, Churches, Secret Societies, Leading Enterprises, Sketches and Recollections, and Biographies of the Living and Dead (Henderson, KY: The Lewis Publishing Company,1887), pp. 804-805. KYR-0001-004-2921. KYR-0001-005-0040. Richard D. Cunningham (Colonel, U.S. Army) N00005271 1830? Categories: People

Soldier in U.S. Army. Married to Louisa Wray on January 31, 1865. Enlisted in the 2nd Illinois Volunteer Light Artillery Regiment (U.S.A.) on August 5, 1861 at Cairo, Illinois. Discharged and promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in the 8th U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery from May 1864 to February 1865.

Relationships Military: Dick [Unknown] (Union County, Kentucky, enslaved man.) Military: Phil [Unknown] (Union County, Kentucky, enslaved man.) Military: David Redman Burbank (Henderson and Union County, Kentucky, tobacco merchant.)

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Illinois, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M539, Roll 0020. Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served with the United States Colored Troops: Artillery Organizations, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M1818, Roll 0138. David Cloyd James (Union Circuit Court clerk) N00004850 1828-12-21 1915-01-18 Categories: People

Union County, Kentucky, attorney and court clerk. Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee native. Son of William James and Martha Cloyd James. Married to Sarah A. Nunn James in Crittenden County, Kentucky, on August 20, 1850. Married to Frances B. Cary James. Married to Martha A. Kirk James. Married to Amanda Morris James in Webster County, Kentucky, on September 28, 1865. Clerk in Crittenden County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Crittenden County in 1850. Farmer in Union County in 1854. Manager and bookkeeper at Curlew Mines in Union County from 1857 to 1860. Farmer in Union County from 1860 to 1863. Clerk of the Union Circuit Court from 1863 to 1868.

Relationships Political: Union Circuit Court Legal: Union Circuit Court Legal: Benjamin P. Cissell (Attorney, Union Co.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden County, District 2, p. 254A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden County, District 2. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Union County, Morganfield Precinct, p. 354B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Crittenden County Marriages, Film 000558428. "Noted Financier of Union County is Dead," The Twice-A-Week Messenger (Owensboro, KY), January 23, 1915, p. 5. History of Union County, Kentucky: A Complete Account of the Settlement, Organization and Government of the County, Together with Facts and Figures Concerning the Society, Professions, Commerce, Industries, Agriculture, Coal, Railroads, Education, Religion, and Other Institutions and Resources of the County, and Biographical Sketches of Its Leading Citizens, (Evansville, IN: Courier Co., 1886), pp. 470-472. "David Cloyd James (1826-1915)," Find A Grave, Memorial 106628135, accessed December 19, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106628135. Union County, Kentucky P00001845 Categories: Places

Seat at Morganfield, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio and Tradewater rivers.

37.6639, -87.9727 Ron D. Bryant, "Union County" in in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 907-08. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Union County, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on September 5, 2019). Paducah, Kentucky P00001227 Categories: Places

Seat of McCracken County, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River and the Tennessee River.

37.0834, -88.6 John E. L. Robertson, "Paducah" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 705-706. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Paducah, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on September 4, 2019). United States Army O00001186 1775 Categories: Organizations

The organization of infantry, cavalry, and artillery military units in the United States government. Commander(s): Winfield Scott, George B. McClellan, Henry W. Halleck, and Ulysses S. Grant.

Relationships Military: James Olney (possible U. S. soldier) Military: Joel Adams (Lincoln County, KY, farmer & pvt 19th KY Inf USA) Military: Joseph Innes (possible Lincoln County, KY, soldier) Military: Richard D. Cunningham (Colonel, U.S. Army) Military: Edward Baker, Jr. (Caldwell County, Kentucky, soldier and saloon owner) Military: Crawford C. Adams (Paulding County, Ohio, resident and soldier.) Military: 14th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A) Military: Office of the Quartermaster General of Kentucky Military: J. K. Edwards (Kentucky, aid to Bramletter, "colonel") Military: Jeremiah Tilford Boyle (Union general, Boyle Co, KY attorney, pres Lou City Railway Co) Military: Marcellus Mundy (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Louisville, Kentucky, attorney and soldier) Military: Army of the Ohio Military: Military District of Kentucky Military: Luther Thayer Thustin (Louisville US Army Paymaster) Military: Hartwell T. Burge (Muhlenberg, Kentucky, Meth minister; chaplain 3rd KY Cav; colonel 48th KY Inf; comd'r Dpt of OH 1864) Military: Alexander Magruder (Jefferson County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier) Military: Charles David Pennebaker (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney, KY state rep & senator; col 27th KY Inf USA & state military agent) Military: John F. Lay (Breckinridge, KY, soldier) Military: James Murrell Shackelford (Hopkins County, KY, attorney, colonel 25th Inf, 8th Ky Cav, and brig gen. in 1863) Military: Washington Seawell (Union Army, colonel and mustering officer) Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: Edmund A. Starling (Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, resident and Colonel (U.S.A.)) Military: 35th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war) Military: Thomas McCurdy Vincent (US Assistant adjutant general, Brigadier General (U.S.A.) ) Military: William Forman (Clark County, Kentucky, laborer and soldier.) Military: Presley Kimbrell (Powell County, Kentucky, carpenter and soldier.) Economic: William Bird Holeman (Frankfort City Marshal and KY Public Printer) Political: Government of the United States of America Military: Marion Larrison (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav) Military: John W. Houze (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav USA) Military: John Royalty (Barren County, Kentucky, barkeeper) Military: Henry W. Royalty (Barren County, KY, resident) Military: John Mason Marcus (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Military: Edward Davis Townsend (Assistant Adjutant General (U.S.Army)) Military: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) Military: Office of Quartermaster of U. S. Army Military: United States War Department Military: Horatio Phillips Van Cleve (Todd County, Minnesota, farmer and soldier (2nd Minn. and General U.S. A.)) Military: [Unknown] Johnson () Military: Wiley Taul Poynter (Clark County, Kentucky, farmer, banker, and soldier) Military: Lowdy Howard (Jefferson County, Kentucky, apprentice ship carpenter, tobacconist and soldier) Military: Thornton Williams (Scott County, Kentucky, soldier. Formerly enslaved by Urias Offutt, accused of attempted murder.) Political: Urias M. Offutt (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer. and slaveholder.) Military: Robert Crooke Wood (Washington D.C., assistant surgeon general, 1854-1865) Military: Madison Mills (New York County, New York, surgeon. US army medical director in St. Louis, MO) Military: Charles Carroll Gray (Ontario County, New York, surgeon. ) Military: Henry Wager Halleck (U.S. Army soldier) Military: Andrew Jackson Smith (United States Army career soldier and commander) Military: Thomas Harvey Harris (Jefferson County, Indiana, book rubber and soldier. Military mayor of Memphis, 1864-1865.) Military: Stephen Augustus Hurlbut (Belvidere, Illinois, lawyer, representative, and soldier) Military: Edward H. Green (Dearborn County, Indiana, attorney and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Cav)

Richard W. Stewart, ed. American Military History (Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, 2009). Union Circuit Court O00000582 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): John S. Geiger and David C. James.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: Leonard Clements Sr. (Union County, Kentucky, farmer)

“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. Union County, Kentucky 1864-06-08 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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The affiant B P Cissell states that in the year 1856 he qualified as the Guardian for Samuel, William, Sarah, Carrie & Angeline Ten, that Samuel, William & Sarah has arrived at Majority he has divided the property & settled with said parties Carrie & Angiline are girl of quite tender years, & own under said devision two Slaves each, one owns a small girl & Phil, a Man about 26 or 27 yrs old, the other a girl a boy named Dick about 14 years old. That theise slaves are all the property said Children own that yield any income to raise & educate them. That for the year 1864 he had hired Phil to D R Burbank for 240$ Dick to same for $225. That neither ofsaid slaves as he verily believes was fit for Military duty, one of them, Dick was not even enrolled. That During the late raid of one Col Cunningham^of the U S Army^ with an armed force of slaves in Union Countysaid two Slaves were captured on the farm of said D R Burbank in Union County& carried to Paducah or some part to affiant unknown and have never been returned and affiant has been informed that Said Cunningham insists that all said slaves are now forever free & refuses to allow any of them to return --

B P Cissell

Sworn to before me by B P Cissell, June 8th 1864

D. C. James Clk. u Ct Ct

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B P Cissells' afft --