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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-0001-005-0115 BR7-186

Richard James Oglesby (Fourteenth governor of the State of Illinois, soldier, attorney, and politician.) N00006923 1824-07-25 1899-04-24 Categories: People

Fourteenth governor of the State of Illinois, soldier, attorney, and politician. Oldham County, Kentucky, native. Son of Jacob Oglesby and Isabella Watson Oglesby. Married to Anna E. White Oglesby. Father of Richard Oglesby, Anna Oglesby, Olive Oglesby, and Robert Oglesby. Read law with Silas W. Robinson in Springfield, Illinois, in 1844. Served in the 4th Illinois Regiment (U.S.A.) as a first lieutenant in the U.S.-Mexican War. Attorney in Macon County, Illinois, in 1847. Attended law school in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1848. Trader in Yuba County, California, in 1850. Attorney in Macon County, Illinois, in 1860. Member of the Senate of the United States from the State of Illinois in 1860. Served in the 8th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a colonel. Served in the United States Army as a brigadier general and major general. Wounded at the Siege of Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi, in 1862. Commanded the 16th Army Corps (U.S.A.) in 1863. Governor of the State of Illinois from January 16, 1865, to January 11, 1869.

Relationships Political: Executive Department, Illinois Political: Sharon Tyndale (Illinois, engineer, County surveyor, Postmaster and Secretary of State. ) Political: William Hipwell (Louisville soldier and police) Legal: Matthew Skiffington (Peoria County, Illinois, laborer and barkeeper. ) Legal: William Hipwell (Louisville soldier and police)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, California, Yuba County, Nevada City, p. 313B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Illinois, Macon County, Decatur Ward 2, pp. 606-7. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Macon County, Decatur, p. 334B. "Oglesby Dead," The Daily Republican (Decatur, IL), April 24, 1899, p. 1. John H. Eicher and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001), 9, 408-409, 725. John Moses, ed., Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of the Representative Men of the United States: Illinois Edition, vol. II (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1896), 537-44. Mark A. Plummer, Lincoln's Rail-Splitter: Governor Richard J. Oglesby (Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2001). Franc B. Wilkie, A Sketch of Richard J. Oglesby (1884). "Anna 'Little Sissie' Oglesby (1861-1862)," Find A Grave, Memorial 41042166, accessed September 15, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41042166. Alfred Lawson (farmer, Crittenden County) N00006099 1825? Categories: People

Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Farmer in Crittenden County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: James Guess (Crittenden County, Kentucky, soldier and alleged guerilla.) Legal: Jonathan Belt (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer and captain 15th KY Cav USA) Legal: Richard James Oglesby (Fourteenth governor of the State of Illinois, soldier, attorney, and politician.)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden, District 1, p. 50. Leason Lawson (Crittenden County) N00006100 Categories: People

Appeared in a letter from Wiley P. Fowler to Thomas E. Bramlette on November 10, 1865, in which he is stated to have received a court indictment and fled to Hardin County, Illinois.

Relationships Legal: William Simpson (Crittenden County) Legal: James B. Williams (Crittenden County) Legal: Jonathan Belt (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer and captain 15th KY Cav USA) Legal: Richard James Oglesby (Fourteenth governor of the State of Illinois, soldier, attorney, and politician.)

KYR-0001-005-0114. James B. Williams (Crittenden County) N00006101 Categories: People

Appeared in a letter from Wiley P. Fowler to Thomas E. Bramlette on November 10, 1865, in which he is stated to have received a court indictment and fled to Hardin County, Illinois.

Relationships Legal: James Guess (Crittenden County, Kentucky, soldier and alleged guerilla.) Legal: William Simpson (Crittenden County) Legal: Alfred Lawson (farmer, Crittenden County) Legal: Jonathan Belt (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer and captain 15th KY Cav USA) Legal: Richard James Oglesby (Fourteenth governor of the State of Illinois, soldier, attorney, and politician.)

KYR-0001-005-0114. William Mitchell (Livingston County, Kentucky, farmer) N00006105 1832-03-05 1907-12-05 Categories: People

Livingston County, Kentucky, farmer. Son of James M Mitchell and Nancy Mitchell. Married to Mary E. Mitchell.

Relationships Legal: James Guess (Crittenden County, Kentucky, soldier and alleged guerilla.) Legal: James B. Williams (Crittenden County) Legal: Alfred Lawson (farmer, Crittenden County) Legal: Jonathan Belt (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer and captain 15th KY Cav USA) Legal: Richard James Oglesby (Fourteenth governor of the State of Illinois, soldier, attorney, and politician.)

Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston, District 80, p. 14B. Find A Grave, "William Mitchell (March 5, 1832-December 5, 1907)," Memorial #67937599, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67937599 (accessed [January 31, 2018). James Guess (Crittenden County, Kentucky, soldier and alleged guerilla.) N00006095 1838? Categories: People

Crittenden County, Kentucky, soldier and alleged guerilla. Served in the 20th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a sergeant and lieutenant from January 6, 1862, to January 17, 1864. Accused of alleged guerilla activity in Crittendon County in 1865. Indicted for burglary, larceny, murder, and robbery, in Crittenden County in 1865. Fugitive from justice in November 1865.

Relationships Legal: Jonathan Belt (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer and captain 15th KY Cav USA) Legal: Richard James Oglesby (Fourteenth governor of the State of Illinois, soldier, attorney, and politician.)

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0330. KYR-0001-004-2755. KYR-0001-004-3181. KYR-0001-004-3472. KYR-0001-005-0114. KYR-0001-006-0089. KYR-0001-009-0046. William Simpson (Crittenden County) N00006098 Categories: People

Appeared in a letter from Wiley P. Fowler to Thomas E. Bramlette on November 10, 1865, in which he is stated to have received a court indictment and fled to Hardin County, Illinois.

KYR-0001-005-0114. Hiram Jones (farmer, Crittenden County) N00006102 1833? Categories: People

Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Prissa C. Jones. Farmer in Crittenden County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Leason Lawson (Crittenden County) Legal: William Simpson (Crittenden County) Legal: James B. Williams (Crittenden County) Legal: Jonathan Belt (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer and captain 15th KY Cav USA) Legal: Richard James Oglesby (Fourteenth governor of the State of Illinois, soldier, attorney, and politician.)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden, District 1, p. 39. David Ellis (farm laborer, Crittenden County) N00006103 Categories: People

Appeared in a letter from Wiley P. Fowler to Thomas E. Bramlette on November 10, 1865, in which he is stated to have received a court indictment and fled to Hardin County, Illinois.

KYR-0001-005-0114. John Hall (Crittenden County, Kentucky) N00006104 Categories: People

Appeared in a letter from Wiley P. Fowler to Thomas E. Bramlette on November 10, 1865, in which he is stated to have received a court indictment and fled to Hardin County, Illinois.

Relationships Legal: David Ellis (farm laborer, Crittenden County) Legal: Jonathan Belt (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer and captain 15th KY Cav USA) Legal: Richard James Oglesby (Fourteenth governor of the State of Illinois, soldier, attorney, and politician.)

KYR-0001-005-0114. [Unknown] Hall (likely Crittenden County ) N00008431 Categories: People

Appears in a requisition upon the Governor of Illinois in a note dated December 1, 1865.

KYR-0001-005-0115. William Knight (Crittenden County) N00006096 Categories: People

Appeared in a letter from Wiley P. Fowler to Thomas E. Bramlette on November 10, 1865, in which he is stated to have received a court indictment and fled to Hardin County, Illinois.

KYR-0001-005-0114. James Metlock (Crittenden County) N00006097 Categories: People

Appeared in a letter from Wiley P. Fowler to Thomas E. Bramlette on November 10, 1865, in which he is stated to have received a court indictment and fled to Hardin County, Illinois.

KYR-0001-005-0114. Jonathan Belt (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer and captain 15th KY Cav USA) N00006112 1821-10-21 1882-12-29 Categories: People

Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Tennessee native. Married to Mary P. Wilson Belt in Livingston County, Kentucky, on January 18, 1841. Father of Sarah J. Belt, Harriett C. Belt, James P. Belt, William B. Belt, John M. Belt, Claiborne Belt, Mary R. Belt, Theoderick B. Belt, Martha B. Belt, and Melvina Belt. Farmer in Crittenden County in 1850. Farmer in Crittenden County in 1860. Served in the 15th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as captain from October 6, 1862, to October 29, 1863.

Relationships Legal: Wiley P. Fowler (Livingston County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Legal: George Parrish (Crittenden County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: James Beard (Hardin County, Illinois) Legal: G. J. Martin (Crittenden County) Legal: Wiley Pulliam (Crittenden County) Legal: William Mitchell (Livingston County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: John Hall (Crittenden County, Kentucky) Legal: David Ellis (farm laborer, Crittenden County) Legal: Hiram Jones (farmer, Crittenden County) Legal: James B. Williams (Crittenden County) Legal: Leason Lawson (Crittenden County) Legal: Alfred Lawson (farmer, Crittenden County) Legal: William Simpson (Crittenden County) Legal: James Metlock (Crittenden County) Legal: William Knight (Crittenden County) Legal: James Guess (Crittenden County, Kentucky, soldier and alleged guerilla.) Legal: Richard James Oglesby (Fourteenth governor of the State of Illinois, soldier, attorney, and politician.) Military: 15th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Albert P. Henry (Lyon Co, Ky, lt col15th KY cavalry USA) Military: 48th Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Social: James B. Gaines (Shelby County, Kentucky, and Smithland, Kentucky, physician)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden County, District 1, p. 245A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden, West Half of County, p. 381. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Hardin County, Cave in Rock, p. 4A. Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Livingston County Marriages, 1822-1877, Film #000318176, p. 16, p. 35 of 257 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com). Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 397. Find A Grave, “Capt Jonathan Belt (1821-1882),” Memorial #87254771, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87254771 (accessed June 5, 2017). Note English Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.

Requisition upon Governor of Illinois for A & L. Lawson, J B. Williams Wm Mitchell & J Guess Larceny.

Wm Simpson & A & L. Lawson J B Williams & H Jones Felony

D. Ellis J Hall & -- Hall Larceny.

Jas Guess & Wm Knight Murder

James Metlock Murder

and apptd Johnathan Belt Agent in each case 1st Dec 1865