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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-0001-005-0091 BR7-150 to BR7-151

Caldwell 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. Edward Baker, Jr. (Caldwell County, Kentucky, soldier and saloon owner) N00005364 1835? Categories: People

Caldwell County, Kentucky, silversmith, soldier, and saloon owner. Native of England. Son of Edward Baker, Sr. Silversmith in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1860. Served as a private in the 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry (U.S.A) from October 9, 1861 to July 28, 1862. Wounded and captured at the Battle of Sacramento, Kentucky, on December 28, 1861. Discharged on account of medical disability on July 28, 1862. Saloon owner in Caldwell County in 1865.

Relationships Military: 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Legal: Caldwell Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell, Princeton, p. 107. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0474. KYR-0001-005-0091. John W. Haden (Caldwell County farmer ) N00006049 1835? Categories: People

Caldwell County, Kentucky, carpenter. Kentucky native. Son of John J. Hayden and Mary A. Hayden. Resident in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Carpenter in Princeton in 1860.

Relationships Social: Edward Baker, Jr. (Caldwell County, Kentucky, soldier and saloon owner) Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell, District 1, p. 303A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 27. T. Hughes (Caldwell County) N00006050 Categories: People

Caldwell County, Kentucky, resident. Signed a petition maintaining Edward Baker's innocence in a crime in 1865.

Relationships Social: Edward Baker, Jr. (Caldwell County, Kentucky, soldier and saloon owner)

KYR-0001-005-0091. John Jefferson Wylie (Caldwell County, Kentucky, saddler) N00006051 1823-07-03 1894-10-03 Categories: People

Caldwell County, Kentucky, saddler. Caldwell County, Kentucky, native. Son of John Wylie and Elizabeth Wylie. Saddler in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Saddler in Princeton in 1860.

Relationships Social: Edward Baker, Jr. (Caldwell County, Kentucky, soldier and saloon owner)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell, District 1, p. 279A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell, Princeton, 112. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #175936. Robert D. Boaz (Caldwell County, KY, farmer ) N00006052 1819? Categories: People

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Elizabeth Brandon Boaz in Trigg County, Kentucky, on September 21, 1844. Father of Henry Boaz, Susannah Boaz, and Thompson Boaz. Farmer in Trigg County in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Edward Baker, Jr. (Caldwell County, Kentucky, soldier and saloon owner) Social: Evan Owen (Caldwell co., Ky farmer) Social: John P. Henderson (Caldwell County, Ky, farmer ) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, District 1, p. 295A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Long Pond, p. 10. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Trigg County Marriages, Film #000321335, p. 101. S. M. Miller (marble cutter agent, Caldwell County) N00006053 1825? Categories: People

Caldwell County, Kentucky, agent for marble cutters. Kentucky native. Agent for marble cutters in Caldwell County in 1860.

Relationships Economic: Edward Baker, Jr. (Caldwell County, Kentucky, soldier and saloon owner) Legal: Edward Baker, Jr. (Caldwell County, Kentucky, soldier and saloon owner) Social: Edward Baker, Jr. (Caldwell County, Kentucky, soldier and saloon owner) Legal: Caldwell Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell, Princeton, p. 114. William E. Mitchusson (Caldwell County, Kentucky, deputy circuit court clerk & farmer) N00006054 1834? Categories: People

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and court clerk. Kentucky native. Son of Drury C. Mitchusson and Clarinda C. Mitchusson. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Deputy clerk in Caldwell County in 1860. Deputy clerk of Caldwell Circuit Court from 1861 to 1863.

Relationships Legal: Edward Baker, Jr. (Caldwell County, Kentucky, soldier and saloon owner) Economic: Edward Baker, Jr. (Caldwell County, Kentucky, soldier and saloon owner) Social: Edward Baker, Jr. (Caldwell County, Kentucky, soldier and saloon owner) Legal: Caldwell Circuit Court Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: Bryant Nichols (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Caldwell Circuit Court Legal: Zachariah Weeks (Caldwell co., ky, farmer ) Legal: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Mary A. J. Cartwright Wadlington (Princeton, Kentucky, governess)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 391A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 117. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862, Legislative Document Series, No. 24 (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 302. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War) NARA RG 110, Caldwell County, KY, June 1863, p. 323. KYR-0001-020-0023. James Francis Buckner (Christian Co lawyer) N00006055 1813-09-01 1889-08-04 Categories: People

Hopkinsville, Kentucky, attorney, politician, and soldier. Caroline County, Virginia, native. Son of James Buckner and Lucy Madison Buckner. Married to Gabriella Lewis Hawkins Buckner. Father of Gabriel Lewis Buckner, Lucy M. Buckner, and James F. Buckner, Jr. Graduate of Transylvania Law School in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1836. Represented Christian County in the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1839 to 1847. Delegate to the Whig convention at Baltimore, Maryland in 1844 and nominated Henry Clay for the U.S. presidency. Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1847. Represented Christian County in the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1848 to 1859. Owned nine enslaved persons in Christian County in 1850. Owned sixty-one enslaved persons in Hopkinsville in 1860. Hired three enslaved persons to Samuel L. Salter in Christian County in 1860. Elected Colonel of unorganized recruits for the United States Army near Hopkinsville, Kentucky, in August 1861. Captured by the Confederate States Army in September 1861.

Relationships Social: Edward Baker, Jr. (Caldwell County, Kentucky, soldier and saloon owner)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Town of Hopkinsville, p. 427. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District No. 2. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Town of Hopkinsville, p. 44. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Town of Hopkinsville, pp. 30-31. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Unnamed District, p 26. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Covington, KY: Collins & Co., 1874), 126. Josiah Stoddard Johnston, Memorial History of Louisville from Its First Settlement to the Year 1886, vol. I, (Louisville, Ky.: American Biographical Publishing Company, 1896), pp. 450-51. The Union Army: States and Regiments, Vol. IV (Madison, Wis.: Federal Publishing Company, 1908), 344. Find A Grave, "Col James Francis Buckner (1813-1889)," Memorial #91781547, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91781547 (accessed January 10, 2018). Benjamin Helm Bristow (Caldwell County, KY, col 8th KY Cav USA, state senator) N00006056 1832-06-20 1896-06-22 Categories: People

Caldwell County, Kentucky, soldier and politician. Elkton, Kentucky, native. Son of Francis Marion Bristow and Emily Edwards Helm Bristow. Married to Abigail Slaughter Bristow on November 21, 1854. Attended Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. Admitted to the bar in 1854. Major of unorganized recruits for the United States Army, near Hopkinsville, Kentucky, in August 1861. Served in the 25th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as lieutenant from 1861 to April 15, 1862. Served in the 8th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as lieutenant colonel and colonel from September 8, 1862, to September 23, 1863. Assisted in the capture of John Hunt Morgan in July 1863. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1863. Helped form and led the Unconditional Union party. Assistant district attorney for Kentucky in 1865.

Relationships Social: Edward Baker, Jr. (Caldwell County, Kentucky, soldier and saloon owner) Military: United States Army Social: Henry Mitchell (Todd County, Kentucky, tavern keeper and farmer) Political: Lovell Harrison Rousseau (Louisville, KY, attorney, Col. 5th KY, General Army of Ohio (USA)) Political: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 209. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 910. Ross A. Webb, "Benjamin Helm Bristow" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 123-24. The Union Army: States and Regiments, vol. 4 (Madison, Wis.: Federal Publishing Company, 1908), 344. L. D. Gardner (Caldwell County) N00006057 Categories: People

Caldwell County, Kentucky, resident. Implicated for gaming in a saloon in Caldwell County in 1860 with Edward Baker.

Relationships Economic: Edward Baker, Jr. (Caldwell County, Kentucky, soldier and saloon owner) Legal: Edward Baker, Jr. (Caldwell County, Kentucky, soldier and saloon owner) Social: Edward Baker, Jr. (Caldwell County, Kentucky, soldier and saloon owner) Legal: Caldwell Circuit Court

KYR-0001-005-0091. Caldwell County, Kentucky P00002472 Categories: Places

County in western Kentucky. Seat at Princeton.

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

37.1092, -87.882 "Princeton, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 21, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 45. Princeton, Kentucky P00002273 Categories: Places

Seat of Caldwell County, Kentucky.

37.1092, -87.882 "Princeton" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 741-42. "Princeton, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 21, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 243-44. Louisville, Kentucky P00000337 Categories: Places

Seat of Jefferson County, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2527, -85.7585 "Louisville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 12, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 179. 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). Confederate States Army O00000506 1861 1865 Categories: Organizations

Military forces of the Confederate States of America, administered by the Confederate War Department. Commander(s): General Robert E. Lee (1862-1865).

Relationships Military: William Harris (possible confederate soldier) Military: United States Army Military: John L. Morrison (La Salle County, Illinois, farmer and soldier) Military: Marshall Wright Chapin (Monroe County, Michigan, farmer and soldier.) Military: William E. Hobson (Warren County, Kentucky, soldier.) Military: John Hunt Morgan (Lexington, Kentucky, hemp manufacturer, Capt Lex Rifles, Col & Brig Gen' 2nd KY Cav CSA) Political: John Hunt Morgan (Lexington, Kentucky, hemp manufacturer, Capt Lex Rifles, Col & Brig Gen' 2nd KY Cav CSA) Military: [Unknown] Cameron (Confederate soldier) Military: Richard Montgomery Gano (Texas, Confederate brigadier general) Military: Jefferson Davis (CS President) Military: Confederate States of America Military: Congress of the Confederate States of America Military: Provisional Council Military: Provisional Government of Kentucky Political: Provisional Council Military: The People's Bank of Kentucky Military: Branch Bank of the Farmers' Bank at Princeton Military: Bank of Kentucky Branch at Hopkinsville Military: Committee on Banks Military: Northern Bank of Kentucky Branch at Glasgow Military: Bank of Kentucky Branch at Bowling Green Political: John Watkins Crockett, Jr. (McCracken & Henderson cos, KY, attorney and representative (Confederate)) Political: John Burton Thompson, Jr. (Harrodsburg, Kentucky, Provis Govt page) Political: James Preston Bates (Barren Co, Ky, attorney, postmaster, and prov govt) Political: Joseph B. Burnside (Garrard County, KY, trader, prov govt council rep ) Political: Horatio Washington Bruce (Jefferson County, KY, Representative (Confederate), attorney) Political: Eli Metcalfe Bruce (Kentucky merchant, philanthropist, soldier, Representative (Confederate)) Political: Jordan T. C. Moore (Todd Co, Ky, farmer, minister, and prov govt) Military: Marion Larrison (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav) Military: John W. Houze (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav USA) Military: James H. Orr (Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer, justice of the peace, sergeant and second lieutenant (C.S.A.) ) Military: Reddick Nichols (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and)

Henry Putney Beers, The Confederacy: A Guide to the Archives of the Government of the Confederate States of America (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1968, reprinted 1986), 259. Caldwell Circuit Court O00000363 1809 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 2nd Judicial District of Kentucky. Judge(s): Thomas C. Dabney and Richard T. Petree. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): Edward P. Campbell. Clerk(s): Edmund P. Watkins and James C. Barnes. Deputy clerk(s): William E. Mitchusson.

Relationships Economic: Edmund P. Watkins (Caldwell Co, Kentucky, circuit court clerk) Legal: Edward Baker, Jr. (Caldwell County, Kentucky, soldier and saloon owner) Legal: Theophilus Cooksey (Caldwell County, Kentucky, carpenter and veteran) Legal: James A. Johnson (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: William Wells (Caldwell County, Kentucky, blacksmith) Legal: John Lewis (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Newman Estes (Caldwell County, Kentucky, grocery merchant) Legal: James C. Weller (Caldwell County, Kentucky, resident and county clerk) Legal: William E. Mitchusson (Caldwell County, Kentucky, deputy circuit court clerk & farmer) Legal: James C. Barnes (Princeton, Kentucky, deputy circuit court clerk) Legal: William J. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer. ) Legal: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Edmund P. Watkins (Caldwell Co, Kentucky, circuit court clerk) Legal: Henry J. Stites (Christian County, Kentucky, Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals) Legal: James W. Blalock (Caldwell Co, Ky, farm laborer; pvt 8th Cav, sgt 12th Cav) Legal: John W. Prince (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer) Legal: Milton A. Cartwright (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: William Wadlington, Sr. (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Thomas C. Dabney (Trigg County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Legal: Mary A. J. Cartwright Wadlington (Princeton, Kentucky, governess) Legal: John R. Boyd (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and pvt 17th KY Cav USA) Legal: John J. Crittenden Boyd (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer, corp & musician 48th Ill Inf and corporal 17th KY Cav USA) Legal: Linn B. Baker (Trigg County, Kentucky, farm laborer and soldier in 1st Ky cav, CSA) Legal: Edna Gresham Baker (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and housewife) Legal: Leander Baker (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier in 47th Ky Mounted Infantry)

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1860, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1861), 355-59. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-50. Caldwell County, Kentucky 1865-08 Petition English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 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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To his Excellency, the Govenor of Kentucky, The undersigned would respectfully represent, that they are citizens of Caldwell County, Kentucky, that they now are, and for several years now last past, they have been well acquainted with mr Edward Baker of the town of Princeton in said County that we know him to be a quiet, peaceable, moral and law abiding man, that in the early part of the late war, he entered the military service of the United States, and continued in it, until he was severely and dangerously wounded ^5 times^ in battle, that he has suffered much pecuniary loss, at the hands of Confederate soldiers and guerillas, that he now has but little property, that a few months ago, he furnished a stock for and employed a man to keep a saloon in said town, and put in said saloon a small table commonly called a Jenny Lind table, upon which games of skill were played for amusement, the loser paying a few cents for the use of the table, and sometimes for cigars and liquor for those engaged in playing,

We are informed and as we believe truly that gaming upon said table and in said saloon was strictly forbidden, and we are confident that it was not carried on upon said table or in said Saloon with the knowledge of the said Baker or with his consent, and we are confident that he was guilty of no known violation of law. Yet he has been indicted for setting up said table for permitting gaming upon it, and for permitting gaming in said saloon. Now we think said indictments unjust and oppressive, and we therefore ask that the supposed offenses for which they were found may be pardoned. August 1865.

J. W. Hayden

T. Hughes

J J Wylie

R D Boaz

S. Miller

W E Mitchersson

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Louisville Nov 10 1865 To the Governor.

We have known Mr Baker the bearer of this well for several years past. He is and always has been one of the truest men in Southern Ky and has suffered as much for his devotion to the county as any man of mour acquaintance. He is now a cripple, yet suffering from the many wounds he received in battle. He has also sustained heavy losses in property when the rebels made raids into our section of Ky. We hope you will deem it proper and consistent with the public interest to pardon Mr Baker

James F Buckner

B H Bristow

7 indictments

Caldwell Cir Ct vs Edward Baker Jr W E, Mitchersson & Edward Baker Jr

Edward Baker Jr & S. M. Miller 34 indictments
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one vs Edward Baker & L. D. Gardner

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