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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-0001-006-0041 BR6-44 to BR6-45

Sangamon County, Illinois Isaac J. Ketcham (Morgan County, Illinois, attorney) N00020301 1835? Categories: People

Morgan County, Illinois, attorney. New York native. Son of Alexander and Clarissa Ketcham. Married to Mary Ketcham. Father of Marsh Ketcham. Attended school in Sullivan County, New York, in 1850. Farmer in Sullivan County in 1850. Attorney in Morgan County, Illinois, in 1860. Attorney in Morgan County in 1863.

Relationships Legal: Sangamon County Circuit Court Legal: Steven S. Whitehurst (Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, clerk) Legal: Robert R. Smith (Morgan County, Illinois, farmer.) Legal: Robert Pulliam (Morgan County, Illinois, resident. )

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, New York, Sullivan County, Thompson, p. 36B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Illinois, Morgan County, Jacksonville, p. 378. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Morgan County, Jacksonville Ward 1, p. 467A. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Morgan County, IL, June 1863, p. 427. Robert Pulliam (Morgan County, Illinois, resident. ) N00019710 1843? Categories: People

Morgan County, Illinois, resident. Kentucky native. Son of James Pulliam and Jenetta Pulliam. Attended school in Anderson County, Kentucky, in 1850. Resident of Morgan County, Illinois, in 1860. Charged with the murder of James Burns in Morgan County in 1864. Fugitive from justice in Kentucky from 1864 to 1865. Arrested in Kentucky in 1865. Extradited to Illinois in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Dewitt Clinton Fry (Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois, constable.) Legal: Ozias Mather Hatch (Springfield, IL, secretary of state of IL (1856-1864)) Legal: State of Illinois Legal: Richard Yates (Morgan County, Illinois, governor, attorney, representative, and senator) Legal: James L. Burns (Morgan County, Illinois, farmer.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Anderson County, p. 222A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Illinois, Morgan County, Sulphur Springs, p. 664. "Jacksonville Correspondence," The Illinois State Journal (Springfield, Illinois) July 25, 1865, p. 2. KYR-0001-006-0040. KYR-0001-006-0041. Robert R. Smith (Morgan County, Illinois, farmer.) N00019718 1811? 1868 Categories: People

Morgan County, Illinois, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Ellen Smith. Father of Sarah J. Smith, Amy Smith, Samuel W. Smith, Meredith L. Smith, Dewitt G. Smith, and Elmer Smith. Farmer in Morgan County, Illinois, in 1850. Farmer in Morgan County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Jeremiah Pierson (Morgan County, Illinois, marble merchant and justice of the peace.) Legal: James L. Burns (Morgan County, Illinois, farmer.) Legal: Robert Pulliam (Morgan County, Illinois, resident. ) Legal: State of Illinois

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Illinois, Morgan County, p. 245B.. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Illinois, Morgan County, Sulphur Springs Precinct, p. 654. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Morgan County, Sulphur Springs, p. 614B. "Robert R. Smith (1811-1868)," Find A Grave, Memorial 69213780, accessed April 10, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69213780. Steven S. Whitehurst (Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, clerk) N00020302 1827 1875-05-19 Categories: People

Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, clerk. Kentucky native. Married to Maria Matheny Whitehurst on June 12, 1849. Father of Gilford Whitehurst, E. F. Whitehurst, Mimi Whitehurst, Mary Whitehurst, M. Helen Whitehurst, Lizzie M. Whitehurst, and Carrie Whitehurst. Printer in Randolph County, Illinois, in 1850. Clerk of the Sangamon County Circuit Court from 1860 to 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Illinois, Randolph County, Chester, p. 75A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Illinois, Sangamon County, Springfield, p. 558. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Sangamon County, IL, June 1863, p. 438. History of Sangamon County, Illinois: Together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens (Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Company, 1881), p. 282. John Carroll Power and S. A. Power, History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois (Springfield, IL: Edwin A. Wilson & Co., 1876), 480. "Steven Strode Whitehurst (1827-1875)," Find A Grave, Memorial 163757280, accessed June 22, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/163757280. Ozias Mather Hatch (Springfield, IL, secretary of state of IL (1856-1864)) N00015393 1814-04-11 1893-03-12 Categories: People

Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, merchant and politician. Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, native. Son of Reuben Hatch and Lucy Andrews Hatch. Married to Julia Reilly Enos Hatch in 1860. Father of Ozias Mather Hatch, Jr.. Merchant in Pike County, Illinois, from 1836 to 1838. Partner with Solomon McNeil in McNeil & Hatch in Pike County from 1838 to 1841. Clerk of the Pike Circuit Court from 1841 to 1848. Farmer in Pike County in 1850. Member of the Legislature of the State of Illinois from Pike County from 1851 to 1853. Resident of Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, in 1860. Republican Party Secretary of State for Illinois from 1856 to 1864.

Relationships Political: John Wood (Governor of Illinois 1860-1861) Political: Henry Parish (Brown County, IL, indicted for murdering Jonah Clark ) Political: William G. Irvine (Brown County, Illinois, farmer) Political: William Lee (Brown County, IL, farmer and justice of the peace) Political: Wesley Six (Brown County, IL, farmer ) Political: Andrew J. Stoner (Brown County, IL, physician) Political: Daniel Brown (Brown Co., IL, plasterer and ship carpenter.) Political: Joseph J. Hedrick (Clark co., OH, and Brown Co., IL, painter and soldier (5th OVI) ) Political: Joseph R. Lear (Brown County, IL, farmer ) Political: Joseph A. Cox (Brown County, IL, farmer ) Political: James Hemphill (Brown County, IL, cooper ) Political: Charles Riddle (Brown County, IL, laborer and murderer) Political: Calvin H. Wilson (Brown County, IL, blacksmith and mechanic and officer in 16th IL inf.) Political: George W. Emerick (Brown County, IL, cooper and soldier 119th IL. inf.) Political: William F. Cox (Brown County, IL, farmer and justice of the peace) Political: Hiram Barker, Jr. (Brown County, IL, farmer ) Political: Eli Barker (Brown County, IL, farmer ) Political: John C. Orr (Brown County, IL, cooper ) Political: David F. Orr (Brown County, IL, cooper ) Political: Solomon W. Lake (Brown County, IL, cooper and soldier 14th IL inf.) Political: Charles Clark (Brown County, IL, farmer ) Political: Jonah Clark (Brown County, IL, murder victim ) Political: Louis H. Waters (McDonough County, IL, attorney, colonel of the 84th Ill Vol. Inf, and state's attorney for the 5th Jud. district of IL ) Political: Robert A. Cox (Brown County, Illinois, sheriff (mt. sterling)) Political: Archibald A. Glenn (Brown County, Illinois, circuit court clerk)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Illinois, Pike County, Township 4 S 3 W, p. 72B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Illinois, Sangamon County, Springfield, p. 263. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Sangamon County, Springfield, p. 533A. John Moses, Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of the Representative Men of the United States, Illinois Volume, (Chicago, Illinois: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1896), 140-2. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, National 39581, State 2660. Richard Yates (Morgan County, Illinois, governor, attorney, representative, and senator) N00014450 1815-01-18 1873-11-27 Categories: People

Morgan County, Illinois, attorney, governor, and legislator. Gallatin County, Kentucky, native. Son of Henry Yates. Married to Catherine Geers Yates in Morgan County, Illinois, on July 11, 1839. Father of William Yates, Henry Yates, Mary Yates, Catherine Yates, and Richard Yates. Graduate of Illinois College in Jacksonville, Illinois, in 1835. Graduate of Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1837. Attorney in Morgan County, Illinois, in 1850. Member of the United States House of Representatives from the Seventh Congressional District of Illinois from 1851 to 1855. Attorney in Morgan County in 1860. Employed Martha Murphy as a servant in Morgan County in 1860. Governor of Illinois from January 14, 1861, to January 16, 1865. Member of the United States Senate from Illinois from 1865 to 1871.

Relationships Political: State of Illinois Political: Ozias Mather Hatch (Springfield, IL, secretary of state of IL (1856-1864)) Legal: William L. Manson (Hamilton County, Ohio, Deputy United States Marshal) Political: Dewitt Clinton Fry (Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois, constable.) Legal: Robert Pulliam (Morgan County, Illinois, resident. )

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Illinois, Morgan County, Jacksonville, p. 170A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Illinois, Morgan County, Jacksonville, p. 404. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Morgan County, Jacksonville, p. 460A. Illinois Marriage Records, Morgan County Courthouse, Jacksonville, Illinois, Morgan County Marriages, Film 007619742. "Richard Yates,” Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Carroll County, vol. 3, ed. Newton Bateman, Paul Selby, and Charles L. Hostetter (Chicago, IL: Munsell Publishing Company, 1913), 603. “Richard Yates’ Mother Dies,” The Kenney Gazette (Kenney, IL), October 16, 1908. "Richard Yates (1815-1873)," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present, accessed April, 11, 2021, https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/Y000012. "Richard Yates (1815-1873)," Find A Grave, Memorial #6624690, accessed May 12, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6624690. Sangamon County, Illinois P00020299 Categories: Places

County in central Illinois. Seat at Springfield, Illinois.

39.8017, -89.6437 History of Sangamon County, Illinois: Together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens (Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Company, 1881). "Springfield, Illinois," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 22, 2022, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Morgan County, Illinois P00019711 Categories: Places

County in west central Illinois. Seat at Jacksonville, Illinois. Established January 31, 1823. Population of 22,112 (21,937 white residents and 175 free African American residents) in 1860.

39.7156, -90.2015 "Morgan County," Office of the Illinois Secretary of State, accessed April 7, 2023, https://www.ilsos.gov/departments/archives/IRAD/morgan.html. "Morgan County, Illinois," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed April 7, 2023, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. "Classified Population of the States and Territories, by Counties, on the First Day of June, 1860: State of Illinois," Population of the United States in 1860; Compiled from the Original Returns of the Eight Census, Under the Direction of the Secretary of the Interior, (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1864), 80-3. Illinois P00004765 Categories: Places

State in the midwestern region of the United States. Capital at Springfield. Located on the Ohio River and Mississippi River.

39.8017, -89.6437 Newton Bateman and Paul Selby, ed., Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois (Chicago: Munsell Publishing Company, 1918), p. 241, 258. Roger D. Bridges and Rodney O. Davis, Illinois: Its History and Legacy (St. Louis: River City Publishers, 1984). “Springfield, Illinois," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed February 26, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. 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). State of Illinois O00014696 1818-12-03 Categories: Organizations

Administrative body of the state of Illinois. Capital at Springfield, Illinois. Governor(s): William Henry Bissell (January 12, 1857 - March 18, 1860), John Wood (March 18, 1860 - January 14, 1861), Richard Yates (January 14, 1861 - January 16, 1865), and Richard James Oglesby (January 16, 1865 - January 11, 1869).

Relationships Political: Richard Yates (Morgan County, Illinois, governor, attorney, representative, and senator) Political: Ozias Mather Hatch (Springfield, IL, secretary of state of IL (1856-1864))

Janet Cartwright, Richard T. Lockhart, and Paul Simon, “Illinois,” Encyclopedia Britannica, accessed June 5, 2021, https://www.britannica.com/place/Illinois-state. “Former Illinois Governors," National Governors Association, accessed June 5, 2021, https://www.nga.org/former-governors/illinois. Sangamon County Circuit Court O00020304 Categories: Organizations

Circuit Court for Sangamon County, Illinois. Judge(s): William D. Power (1857), Norman M. Broadwell (1863), William Prescott (1865). Clerk(s): Stephen S. Whitehurst (1860), Charles H. Lanphier (1864).

Relationships Legal: Steven S. Whitehurst (Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, clerk) Legal: Robert R. Smith (Morgan County, Illinois, farmer.) Legal: Robert Pulliam (Morgan County, Illinois, resident. )

History of Sangamon County, Illinois, Together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens (Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Company, 1881), p. 282. Sangamon County, Illinois 1864-07-30 Legal/Financial 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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State of Illinois Sangamon County } SS.

Isaac. J. Ketcham being first duly sworne according to law upon oath says, that he is a resident of the County of Morgan and said State of Illinois, That the said Robert Pullum mentioned in the complaint and writ hereto attached is a fugitive from justice.

Affiant further says that he has good reason to believe that said Robert Pullum is in the State of Kentucky, for the purpose of evading -- and escaping, just punishment for the crime of murder, committed in the said county of Morgan and state of Illinois as alledged in the complaint of R R Smith hereto attached,

Isaac. J. Ketcham

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 30th day of July 1864.

S. S. Whitehurst clerk Sangamon County Circuit Court

SANGAMON COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT ILL 1818

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Hon. O. M. Hatch Sec. of State

Please issue writ of requisition for return of Robert Pulluam upon mentioned in within Affidavit July 29th 1864

Richd Yates Governor