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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-0001-005-0102 BR7-165

Thomas Helm Hardin (Mercer County, Kentucky, attorney and justice of the peace) N00005388 1844-07-29 1912-12-12 Categories: People

Mercer County, Kentucky, attorney and justice of the peace. Anderson County, Kentucky native. Son of James D. Hardin and Susan Withers Hardin. Married to Mary G. Hardin. Father of Sue Hardin, Hallie A. Hardin, and Phil Thompson Hardin. Justice of the peace in Mercer County in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Martin V. Bowen (Mercer County, Kentucky, police judge) Legal: Jefferson Robards (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer )

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer, County Harrodsburg, p. 9. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1964), KDLA, Roll #7016149, Mercer County Deaths, p. 94. Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, p. 40. KYR-0001-005-0100. Charles Alfred Hardin (Mercer County, Kentucky, attorney) N00005390 1836-05-08 1897-07-31 Categories: People

Mercer County, Kentucky, attorney. Columbia, Kentucky, native. Son of Parker Hardin and Caroline Hardin. Married to Jennie Magoffin Hardin on May 3, 1859. Father of Ebenezer Hardin, Parker E. Hardin, and Charles A. Hardin. Graduate of Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, in 1856. Attorney in Georgetown, Missouri, in 1860. Resident of Mercer County in 1863.

Relationships Legal: Thomas Helm Hardin (Mercer County, Kentucky, attorney and justice of the peace) Legal: Jefferson Robards (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer ) Social: Elison H. Carter (Mercer County, KY, blacksmith and private 9th KY Cav USA)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Missouri, Pettis, Georgetown, p. 68. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, p. 605B. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls. Vol. 299. "Passing of Judge Hardin," The Sayings, Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky, August 4, 1897. “Charles A. Hardin (1836-1897),” Find A Grave, Memorial #55889490, accessed June 5, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55889490. KYR-0001-004-0395. Martin V. Bowen (Mercer County, Kentucky, police judge) N00006068 1838-03-17 Categories: People

Mercer County, Kentucky, shoemaker, jailer, and police judge. Married to Parellee Gabhart Bowen. Father of Sallie Bowen. Shoemaker in Mercer County, Kentucky, in 1860. Employed George Walton as an apprentice in Mercer County in 1860. Jailer of Mercer County c1862. Police judge of Mercer County in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Charles Alfred Hardin (Mercer County, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: Thomas Helm Hardin (Mercer County, Kentucky, attorney and justice of the peace) Legal: [Unknown] Bishop (Lieutenant, USCT) Legal: John D. Hale (Mercer County, KY, merchant & brevet 2nd lieut 9th KY Cav USA & col 74th Reg Ky Enrolled Militia) Political: John Patterson (Mercer County, KY, resident) Political: John Kemper Slaughter (Mercer County Broom Maker)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer, p. 547 . Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #000191863, Mercer County Marriages, p. 2565. 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), 304. Kenneth W. Noe, "'Disturbers of the Peace': The Kidnapping of John D. Hale and the Long Civil War in Kentucky," Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Volume 117, Number 2, Spring 2019, p. 277. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #22360. KYR-0001-005-0100. John D. Hale (Mercer County, KY, merchant & brevet 2nd lieut 9th KY Cav USA & col 74th Reg Ky Enrolled Militia) N00005252 1839? Categories: People

Mercer County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier. Married to Martha J. Hale. Father of Melissa Hale. Merchant in Mercer County, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in the 9th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as brevet second lieutenant from August 22, 1862, to March 21, 1863. Served in the 74th Regiment Kentucky Enrolled Militia as colonel.

Relationships Legal: Charles Alfred Hardin (Mercer County, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: Thomas Helm Hardin (Mercer County, Kentucky, attorney and justice of the peace) Military: 4th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: 2nd Kentucky Heavy Artillery Regiment (U.S.A.) Legal: Mercer Circuit Court Military: Mercer County Militia Military: 9th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: United States Army Legal: Jefferson Robards (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer ) Legal: [Unknown] Bishop (Lieutenant, USCT) Legal: Adna H. Bowen (Covington, Kentucky, tobacconist and soldier) Legal: M. Jenkins (Mercer County) Legal: Martin V. Bowen (Mercer County, Kentucky, police judge) Legal: Thomas Clelland Bell (Harrodsburg, Kentucky, attorney, teacher, and surveyor) Political: John Patterson (Mercer County, KY, resident) Political: John Kemper Slaughter (Mercer County Broom Maker)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Cornishville, p. 571. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 243. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 97. KYR-0001-005-0103. KYR-0001-028-0001. [Unknown] Bishop (Lieutenant, USCT) N00006590 Categories: People

Lieutenant for a detachment of United States Colored Troops.

Relationships Military: John D. Hale (Mercer County, KY, merchant & brevet 2nd lieut 9th KY Cav USA & col 74th Reg Ky Enrolled Militia) Legal: Charles Alfred Hardin (Mercer County, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: Thomas Helm Hardin (Mercer County, Kentucky, attorney and justice of the peace) Legal: Martin V. Bowen (Mercer County, Kentucky, police judge) Military: United States Army Legal: John D. Hale (Mercer County, KY, merchant & brevet 2nd lieut 9th KY Cav USA & col 74th Reg Ky Enrolled Militia)

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Affidavits of Judge Hardin Chas A Hardin M. V. Bowen Col. J. D. Hale concerning the interferences of Lt Bishop with the arrest of J. D. Hale Sept. 9"/65