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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, Requisitions for the Return of Fugitives from Justice, 1863-1867 KYR-0001-006-0002 BR6-2

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky Richard Owen Priest (Louisville, Kentucky, carpenter and patrolman) N00012445 1810-12-25 1890-04-06 Categories: People

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, carpenter and patrolman. Kentucky native. Son of Peter Priest and Lucy Priest. Married to Ann Hurd Priest in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on September 2, 1852. Father of Kate Priest. Carpenter in Louisville in 1850. Patrolman in Louisville in 1853. Carpenter in Louisville in 1860. Chief of Police in Louisville in 1865.

Relationships Political: William Milo Stone (Sixth governor of Iowa, attorney, and judge.) Legal: City of Louisville Police Department Legal: Emma Morris (Louisville, Kentucky, resident. Fugitive from justice.) Legal: Joseph Swinney (Louisville, Kentucky, policeman and agent.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville District 2, p. 198A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 3, p. 636. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000482707. "Dick Priest Dead," Courier-Journal(Louisville, KY), April 7, 1890, p 7. Ephraim L. Van Winkle (Pulaski Co, KY, attorney & Sec. State) N001777 1827-07-20 1866-05-23 Categories: People

Pulaski County, Kentucky, attorney, politician, and statesman. Wayne County, Kentucky, native. Son of Micajah Van Winkle and Mary Phillips Van Winkle. Married to Ellen Eliza Phillips Van Winkle. Father of Milton E. Van Winkle, Mary E. Van Winkle, Lucy A. Van Winkle, and Betty Van Winkle. Attended the Monticello Academy in Wayne County, Kentucky. Graduate of the Louisville School of Law in 1850. Attorney in Wayne County in 1850. Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from Wayne County in 1855. Commonwealth's attorney for the Sixth Judicial District in 1856. State elector for Constitutional Union Party candidate John Bell in 1860. Attorney in Pulaski County in 1860. Employed James Cowan as a day laborer in Pulaski County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Pulaski County in 1860. Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from September 1, 1863, to May 23, 1866.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Wayne County, Division No. 2, p. 242B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pulaski County, Somerset, p. 155. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Pulaski County, Somerset District 1, p. 195A. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Pulaski County, KY, July 1863, p. 163. "Ephraim Van Winkle," Office of the Kentucky Secretary of State, accessed September 22, 2021, https://web.sos.ky.gov/ofx/secsofstate?id=39. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Rolls 994057, Wayne County Births. William Zimmerman (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, resident. Victim of alleged theft by Christian Hoffner in in Louisville in 1862.) N00019665 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, resident. Married to Rosa Gebhard in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on June 29, 1863.

Relationships Legal: Jacob B. Ehrich (Louisville, Ky, Police Dept; "always wore a silk hat") Legal: Delos T. Bligh (Louisville, Kentucky, bricklayer and police officer, detective) Legal: City of Louisville Police Department Legal: Joseph Clement (Jefferson County, Kentucky, attorney and justice of the peace) Legal: Christian Hafner (Fugitive in Indiana.)

Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954, Genealogical Society of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, UT, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000482709. KYR-0001-006-0005. Oliver P. Morton (Fourteenth governor of Indiana, attorney, judge, and politician.) N00005190 1823-08-04 1877-11-01 Categories: People

Fourteenth governor of Indiana, attorney, judge, and politician. Wayne County, Indiana, native. Son of James Throck Morton and Sarah Miller Morton. Married to Lucinda M. Burbank Morton in Wayne County, Indiana, on May 15, 1845. Father of John M. Morton, Mary E. Morton, Lilias Morton, Walter S. Morton, and Oliver Throck Morton. Attended Miami University in Butler County, Ohio, in 1843. Read law with John S. Newman in Wayne County, Indiana, in 1845. Admitted to the bar in Indiana in 1847. Attorney in Wayne County in 1850. Circuit judge for the 6th Judicial District of the State of Indiana in 1852. Member of the Republic Party. Unsuccessful candidate for Governor of the State of Indiana in 1856. Attorney in Wayne County in 1860. Lieutenant Governor of the State of Indiana from January 14, 1861, to January 16, 1861. Governor of the State of Indiana from January 16, 1861, to January 24, 1867, following the resignation of Henry S. Lane.

Relationships Legal: Charles B. Lewis, Jr. (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Vanderburgh Circuit Court Political: Nelson Trusler (Connersville, Indiana, attorney, politician, and soldier) Political: Robert Alexander Dowell (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: State of Indiana Political: Government of the United States of America Political: Executive Department, Indiana Military: United States War Department Military: 57th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Political: Warren Horr (Clark County, Indiana, sheriff, merchant, capt & maj 4th IN Cav USA) Political: William A. Peelle (Randolph County, Indiana, attorney and secretary of state) Legal: Francis "Frank" Smith (Clark County, Indiana, day laborer) Political: Jesse Franklin Hammon (Jefferson County, Kentucky, ship carpenter and policeman) Political: Sally E. Grant (Louisville, Kentucky, resident.) Political: William R. Hydes (Louisville, Kentucky, plasterer and city marshal) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: James S. Athon (Marion County, IN, physician and Secretary of State) Legal: Charles W. White (Garrard County Kentucky. ) Legal: James Slaughter (Garrard County, Kentucky, resident.) Legal: Green Slaughter (Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: David C. Hall (Meade County, Kentucky, farmer. ) Legal: Adam Stephens (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, grocer. ) Political: Willis Marion Hughes (Clark County, IN, resident) Political: William J. Roberts (Clark County, Indiana, farm laborer. Fugitive from justice.) Political: William T. Pratt (Allen County, Indiana, sheriff) Political: Charles P. Jacobs (Indianapolis, Indiana, attorney, deputy clerk, and private sec. to Gov. Oliver P. Morton) Political: James Blythe Hynes (Vanderburgh County, Indiana, attorney and major (U.S.A.)) Political: Charles Emerson Marsh (Vanderburgh County, Indiana, attorney ) Legal: John Walter Rutherford (Crittenden County, Kentucky, barkeeper and merchant) Legal: Andrew Lucas Robinson (Vanderburgh County, Indiana, politician, attorney, and customs surveyor) Legal: [Unknown] [Unknown] (Sheriff of Clark County, Indiana, in 1865.) Legal: Samuel H. McCarty (Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana, farmer and fugitive from justice) Legal: John Rider (Clark County, Indiana, fugitive from justice.) Legal: David Rasure, Jr. (New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, resident and soldier.) Legal: Melvin Weir (Clark County, Indiana, farmer, soldier, and justice of the peace.) Political: William H. Evans (Louisville, Kentucky, steamboat pilot) Political: Indiana State Prison South

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Indiana, Wayne County, Centerville, p. 170B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Indiana, Wayne County, Centerville, p. 21. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Indiana, Marion County, Indianapolis Ward 9, p. 592A. William Dudley Foulke, Life of Oliver P. Morton: Including His Important Speeches, vol. I (Indianapolis, IN: The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1899). A. James Fuller, Oliver P. Morton and the Politics of the Civil War and Reconstruction (Kent, OH.: Kent State University Press, 2017). Oliver P. Morton of Indiana: Sketch of His Life and Public Services (Indianapolis, IN: Journal Company, Printers, 1876). Charles Manning Walker, Sketch of the Life, Character, and Public Services of Oliver P. Morton (Indianapolis, IN: Indianapolis Journal, 1878). "Lilias Morton (1850-1852)," Find A Grave, Memorial 78619930, accessed September 7, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78619930. "Mary E Morton (1848-1849)," Find A Grave, Memorial 78620060, accessed September 7, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78620060. Delos T. Bligh (Louisville, Kentucky, bricklayer and police officer, detective) N00005178 1823-03-19 1890-03-01 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, bricklayer, soldier, police officer and detective. Delaware County, New York, native. Married to Cassandra "Kate" Davis Bligh. Father of Mary Bligh and Emma Bligh. Married Kate Ovington Bligh in 1859. Father of Anna Bligh, Amy Bligh, and Lois Bligh. Served in the Louisville Legion (U.S.A.) as a private from May 1846 to November 1846. Deputy city marshal in Louisville in 1847. Bricklayer in Louisville in 1850. Police officer and detective in Louisville from 1856 to 1890.

Relationships Legal: John McClure () Legal: William Banks (Louisville, Kentucky, resident) Legal: William K. Thomas (Jefferson County, Kentucky, jailer) Legal: Christian Hafner (Fugitive in Indiana.) Legal: Joseph Clement (Jefferson County, Kentucky, attorney and justice of the peace) Legal: David Owen (Carroll County, Kentucky, jailer..) Legal: William Shriver (Jefferson County, Kentucky, student, laborer, corporal, quartermaster sergeant, adjutant, second lieutenant, and first lieutenant (U.S.A.))

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville District 3, p. 321B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 3, p. 702. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 5, p. 507A. "His Life Ended," The Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), March 2, 1890, p. 9. Morton O. Childress, Louisville Division of Police: History and Personnel (Louisville, KY: Turner Publishing Co., 2005), 11, 76. "Delos Thurman Bligh (1823-1890)," Find A Grave, Memorial 6942591, accessed May,18, 2017, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6942591. Jacob B. Ehrich (Louisville, Ky, Police Dept; "always wore a silk hat") N00005177 1824? 1897-02-24 Categories: People

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, police department clerk and chief of police. Kentucky native. Assistant chief of police in 1856 and 1862. Chief of police in Louisville in 1858. Clerk in the Louisville Police Department from 1860 to 1864.

Relationships Legal: Isaac Rosenbaum (Jefferson County, Kentucky, peddler) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

“Died in St. Louis: Tribute to Jacob B. Ehrich, an Old Time Citizen of Louisville,” The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), July 18, 1897, p. A8. Henry Tanner, ed., Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 81. Morton O. Childress, Louisville Division of Police: History and Personnel (Louisville, KY: Turner Publishing Co., 2005), 35. KYR-0001-021-0013. KYR-0001-021-0041. KYR-0001-005-0001. KYR-0001-005-0041. 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. 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). City of Louisville Police Department O00012619 1806-06-09 Categories: Organizations

Louisville, Kentucky, police force. Founded as the office of watchmen in Louisville, Kentucky, on June 9, 1806. Instituted as the designated police force by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky on March 8, 1856.

Relationships Legal: Peter Ziemer (Jefferson County, Kentucky, janitor) Legal: Thomas Palmer Satterwhite (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, physician) Legal: Jacob B. Ehrich (Louisville, Ky, Police Dept; "always wore a silk hat") Legal: Joseph Swinney (Louisville, Kentucky, policeman and agent.) Legal: Richard Owen Priest (Louisville, Kentucky, carpenter and patrolman)

"The History of the Louisville Division of Police," Louisvilleky.gov, accessed on May 12, 2020, https://louisvilleky.gov/government/police/history-louisville-division-police. Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky 1863-09-09 Correspondence 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.
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Office Chief of Police, Louisville, Ky., Sept 9th 1863. Hon E L. VanWinkle Secy of State Dr Sir

Enclosed you will please find affidavit of William Zimmerman, on which, I desire a Requisition on the Governor of Indiana, appointing Officer Delos. T. Bligh Agent, Your immediate attention to this will Much Oblige

Your Obt Svt J B. Ehrich Clk Police Dept