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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-0001-006-0048 BR6-54 to BR6-55

Jefferson 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. Charles Gillespie Jones (Louisville, Kentucky, clothing merchant ) N00005531 1828? Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, clothing merchant. Tennessee native. Married to Alice Hardeman Jones in Williamson County, Tennessee, on May 15, 1860. Father of Charles Franklin Jones. Merchant in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1850. Clothing merchant in partnership with W. H. Webb and J. Webb Smith in W. H. Webb & Company in Nashville from 1857 to 1861. Clerk in Nashville in 1860. Household owned one enslaved person in Nashville in 1860. Clothing merchant in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1863. Clothing merchant in partnership with Charles A. Graves in C. G. Jones & Company in Louisville in 1864. Clothing merchant in partnership with Presley H. Tapp in Louisville from 1864 to 1867.

Relationships Legal: Robert Gilchriest (Louisville, Kentucky, iron molder, firefighter, agent, and police detective) Economic: Jones & Tapp

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, p. 160A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, District 5, p. 420. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, District 5, p. 254A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 9, p. 206A. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, Williamson County, 1800- 1866: Marriage Records vol. 5, p. 4. "New Firm," Republican Banner, (Nashville, TN), 20 Dec 1857, p. 2. "Dissolution," The Tennessean (Nashville, TN), 9 July 1861, p. 2. "C. G. Jones," Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), 23 Nov 1863, p. 4. "C. G. Jones & Co.," Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), 15 March 1864, p. 4. "Dissolution," Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), 25 Aug 1864, p. 4. "C.F. Jones, 65, Foreign Board Founder, Dead," Miami News, (Miami, FL), 27 Aug 1930, p. 5. Edwards' Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville, For 1865-6 (Louisville: Edwards, Greenough & Deved, 1866), 374-375. John H. Cannon (Louisville, Kentucky, millinery merchant) N00020354 1823-08-07 1874-02-14 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, millinery merchant. Pennsylvania native. Millinery merchant in Louisville, Kentucky, from 1855 to 1856. Millinery merchant in partnership with William L. McCampbell in Louisville from 1857 to 1860. Millinery merchant in partnership with William H. Byers in Louisville from 1860 to 1865. Charged with burglary against Jones & Tapp clothing store in Louisville in December 1864 with George W. Connell, George Watson, and Frank Winters. Fugitive from justice in Tennessee in 1864. Convicted of burglary in Louisville on January 19, 1865.

Relationships Legal: Planters' Hotel Legal: State of Tennessee Legal: Jones & Tapp Legal: Jefferson County Jail Legal: Robert Gilchriest (Louisville, Kentucky, iron molder, firefighter, agent, and police detective) Legal: Robert Jackson Elliott (Louisville, Kentucky, city attorney and councilman) Legal: Charles Gillespie Jones (Louisville, Kentucky, clothing merchant ) Legal: Kentucky State Penitentiary

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 6, p. 228. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 8, p. 115B. "Fall and Winter Goods," Daily Courier, (Louisville, KY), 5 Oct 1855, p. 6. "White Ribbons," Daily Courier, (Louisville, KY), 27 Jun 1856, p. 3. "Bargains in Ribbons," Daily Courier, (Louisville, KY), 28 Jan 1857, p. 2. "Notice," Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), 23 March 1860, p. 2. "Cannon & Byers," Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), 19 Feb 1861, p. 2. "Jefferson County Court," Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), 20 Jan 1865, p. 3. Louisville City Directory and Business Mirror for 1858-9, (Louisville: Hurd & Burrows, 1859), 39. Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 51. Edwards' Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville, For 1865-6 (Louisville: Edwards, Greenough & Deved, 1866), 228. "John H. Cannon (1823-187)," Find A Grave, Memorial 106783310, accessed October 2, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106783310. John S. Gallagher (Louisville, Kentucky, policeman) N00012202 1833-02-04 1912-05-11 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, clerk and policeman. Kentucky native. Son of Charles Gallagher. Married to Maria Jane Ridge Gallagher in Louisville, Kentucky, on December 2, 1858. Father of Marshall Gallagher. Clerk in Louisville in 1850. Household owned six enslaved persons in Louisville in 1850. Policeman in Louisville from 1857 through 1865.

Relationships Legal: Robert Gilchriest (Louisville, Kentucky, iron molder, firefighter, agent, and police detective) Legal: John H. Cannon (Louisville, Kentucky, millinery merchant) Legal: Jefferson County Jail Legal: Robert Jackson Elliott (Louisville, Kentucky, city attorney and councilman) Legal: Charles Gillespie Jones (Louisville, Kentucky, clothing merchant ) Political: James H. Montgomery (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, tailor. )

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 4, p. 352A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 7, p. 864. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 3, p. 735. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 6, p. 642A. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994040, Jefferson County Marriages. "Police Court," Daily Courier, (Louisville, KY), 7 July 1857, p. 1. "Important Arrests," Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), 22 Aug 1859, p. 3. "Seizure of Contraband Articles," Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), 31 July 1862, p. 3. "Taken Up," Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), 14 Jan 1863, p. 2. "Burglary," Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), 16 Dec 1864, p. 3. Louisville City Directory and Business Mirror for 1858-9, (Louisville: Hurd & Burrows, 1859), 68. Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 96. Edwards' Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville, For 1865-6 (Louisville: Edwards, Greenough & Deved, 1866), 312. "Capt John S. Gallagher (1833-1912)," Find A Grave, Memorial 110474344 , accessed June 5, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110474344 . Andrew Johnson (Tennessee, vice-president and president of the USA) N001801 1808-12-29 1875-07-31 Categories: People

Sixteenth Vice President and seventeenth President of the United States. Raleigh, North Carolina, native. Married to Eliza McCardle Johnson in 1827. Father of Martha Johnson Patterson, Charles Johnson, Mary Johnson Stover, Robert Johnson, and Andrew Johnson, Jr. Tailor in North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, and Green County, Tennessee. Member of the Democratic Party. Elected as alderman of Green County, Tennessee in 1829. Elected mayor of Greeneville in Green County in 1834. Member of the House of Representatives of the State of Tennessee from Greene County from 1835 to 1837. Member of the House of Representatives of the State of Tennessee from Washington County from 1839 to 1841. Democratic presidential elector from Tennessee in 1840. Member of the Senate of the State of Tennessee from 1841 to 1843. Member of the House of Representatives of the United States from the 1st District of Tennessee from 1843 to 1853. Governor of the State of Tennessee from 1853 to 1857. Member of the Senate of the United States from Tennessee from 1857 to 1862. Military governor of Tennessee, with the rank of brigadier general, from 1862 to 1865. National Union Party Vice President of the United States from March 4, 1865 to April 14, 1865. President of the United States from April 15,1865 to March 4, 1869, following the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.

Relationships Legal: Hancock Circuit Court Legal: Henry E. Haynes (Hancock County, Kentucky, farmer)

Andrew Johnson National Historic Site, National Park Service, “Andrew Johnson Timeline,” https://www.nps.gov/anjo/learn/historyculture/timeline.htm, accessed on October 24, 2016. Hans L. Trefousse, Andrew Johnson: A Biography (New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1989). Robert Jackson Elliott (Louisville, Kentucky, city attorney and councilman) N00000346 1824-03-02 1903-01-26 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, city attorney and councilman. Kentucky native. Son of William Elliott and Eliza Fowke Elliot. Married to Nancy O'Neal Elliott in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on January 13, 1847. Father of John William Elliott, Eliza Fowke Elliott, and Nancy Eliza Elliott. Married to Annie C. VanOrten Elliott in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on May 16, 1855. Father of Edwin J. Elliott, Nellie Elliott, Kate Elliott, Hattie Elliott, Robert J. Elliott, Jr., and Annie L. Elliott. Graduate of Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1846. Admitted to the bar in 1847. Attorney in Louisville in 1850. Served in the Washington Blues Company of the Louisville Legion from 1851 to 1852. City attorney of Louisville from 1855 to 1861. Partner with Edwin S. Craig in the law firm of Craig & Elliott in Louisville from 1859 to 1861. Member of the City Council of Louisville from 1863 to 1864. Attorney in Louisville in 1863. Assistant city attorney of Louisville from 1864 to 1868.

Relationships Legal: Casper August Kromer (Jefferson County, Kentucky, resident, tavern owner, and Freemason) Legal: Lowdy Howard (Jefferson County, Kentucky, apprentice ship carpenter, tobacconist and soldier) Legal: Jefferson Rogers (Alleged murderer and criminal in Jefferson County, Kentucky) Legal: George Ridgeway (Jefferson County, Kentucky, soldier and petty criminal.) Social: Edwin S. Craig (Louisville, KY, Commonwealth’s attorney 7th district & attorney) Political: John L. Scott (Frankfort, Kentucky, Commonwealth's attorney.) Social: Kauffman Kramer (Jefferson County, Kentucky, peddler) Social: Henrietta Kramer (Jefferson County, KY, resident) Legal: Charles Gillespie Jones (Louisville, Kentucky, clothing merchant )

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville District 2, p. 198B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 5, p. 447B. Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, ED 120, p. 13. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000482707, p. 142. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000482708, p. 115. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994042, Jefferson County Deaths. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Jefferson County, KY, July 1863, p. 64. H. Charles Ulman, Lawyers' Record and Official Register of the United States, (New York: A. S. Barnes & Co., 1872), 526. John Livingston, Livingston's United States Law Register and Official Directory, (New York: John A. Gray, Printer, 1859), 300. [Untitled], Daily Courier, (Louisville, KY), 12 Aug 1851, p. 2. "Grand Military and Civic Ball," Daily Courier, (Louisville, KY), 18 Nov 1852, p. 3. "Louisville City Election," Kentucky Tribune, (Lexington, KY), 13 April 1855, p. 3. "Board of Aldermen," Daily Courier, (Louisville, KY), 15 March 1856, p. 1. "Know Nothing Municipal Nominations," Daily Courier, (Louisville, KY), 9 March 1857, p. 3. "Board of Alderman," Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), 10 Dec 1859, p.1. "City Union Convention," Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), 18 March 1861, p. 3. "Board of Common Council," Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), 11 April 1863, p. 1. "Meeting of the City Council," Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), 23 Jan 1864, p. 1. "Board of Aldermen," Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), 26 March 1864, p. 1. "Council Proceedings," Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), 25 March 1864, p. 3. [Untitled], Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), 13 May 1865, p. 3. "Board of Aldermen," Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), 22 Jan 1868, p. 2. "At Ripe Age," The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), January 27, 1903, p. 8. Louisville City Directory and Business Mirror for 1858-9, (Louisville: Hurd & Burrows, 1859), 58. Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 64, 81. Edwards' Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville, For 1865-6 (Louisville: Edwards, Greenough & Deved, 1866), 288. Robert Gilchriest (Louisville, Kentucky, iron molder, firefighter, agent, and police detective) N00005532 1825 1903-03-25 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, iron molder, firefighter, agent, and police detective. New York native. Married to Mary Dwyer Gilchriest in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on August 17, 1848. Father of James Gilchriest, Catherine Gilchriest, Cynthia Gilchriest, Thomas Gilchriest, and Minnie Gilchriest. Gold prospector in California in 1849. Volunteer firefighter in Louisville, Kentucky, from 1849. Molder in Louisville in 1850. Molder in Louisville in 1860. Molder in Louisville in 1861. Agent of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the requisition of Elliot [Unknown] in February 1863. Agent of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the requisition of John H. Cannon in December 1864. Detective in Louisville in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Andrew Monroe (Jefferson County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Legal: Elliot [Unknown] (Daviess County, Kentucky, enslaved person and fugitive) Legal: Charles S. Glass (Jefferson County, Kentucky, steamboat mate and day policeman) Economic: City of Louisville Police Department Social: Charles S. Glass (Jefferson County, Kentucky, steamboat mate and day policeman) Political: James W. Tate ("Honest Dick" Asst. Sec of State 1859-1863) Legal: Robert Jackson Elliott (Louisville, Kentucky, city attorney and councilman) Legal: Charles Gillespie Jones (Louisville, Kentucky, clothing merchant )

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 3, p. 234A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 798-99. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 10, p. 365B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000482707, p. 208. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994042, Jefferson County Deaths, p. 31. "Robert Gilchriest Dead," Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), 25 March 1903, p. 8. Find A Grave, “Robert Gilchriest (1825-1903)," Memorial #125826257, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125826257/robert-gilchriest (accessed June 2, 2021). KYR-0001-005-0041. KYR-0001-033-0033. 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). Tennessee P001001 Categories: Places

State in the southeastern United States. Capital at Nashville. Located on the Cumberland River.

35.5175, -86.5804 Paul H. Bergeron, Stephen V. Ash, and Jeanette Keith, Tennesseans and Their History (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1999), 69. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Tennessee," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on August 14, 2019). Jefferson County, Kentucky P001005 Categories: Places

County in north central Kentucky. Seat at Louisville. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2542, -85.7594 George H. Yater, "Jefferson County," in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 464-67. "Louisville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 23, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Commonwealth of Kentucky O001025 1792 Categories: Organizations

Administrative body of the state of Kentucky. Capital at Frankfort, Kentucky. Governor(s): Beriah Magoffin (1859-1862), James F. Robinson (1862-1863), and Thomas E. Bramlette (1863-1867).

Paul Blanchard, "Office of Governor" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 380. Malcolm E. Jewell, "General Assembly" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 366. Paul J. Weber, "Court System" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 233. Jones & Tapp O00020355 1864-07-01 1867 Categories: Organizations

Fine clothing and furnishing goods merchants in Louisville, Kentucky. Operated from July 1, 1864, to 1867. Partner(s): Charles G. Jones and P. H. Tapp (1864-1865).

"Co-Partnership," Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), 17 Aug 1864, p. 4. "Notice." Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), 6 Jan 1866, p. 1. "Co-Partnership Notice," _Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), 5 Jan 1867, p. 2. Edwards' Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville, For 1865-6 (Louisville: Edwards, Greenough & Deved, 1866), 375. Jefferson County Jail O00001161 1778 Categories: Organizations

County jail in Jefferson County, Kentucky. Jailer(s): William K. Thomas (1860-1865), Warden(s): Henry C. Thomas (1860), Assistant jailer(s): George Winters (1860), Henry C. Thomas (1865)

Relationships Legal: Angelo Devoto (Louisville, Kentucky, confectionery shop owner) Legal: William Schofield (Bennett) (Jefferson County, Kentucky, resident)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 3, p. 318A. George Tilden Ragsdale, The Foster School: What to do with Short-Term Prisoners, (Louisville: The Standard Printing Company, 1916), https://archive.org/details/TheFosterSchool (accessed on March 3, 2017), 11-14. KYR-0001-004-2728. Jefferson Circuit Court O001000 1850 Categories: Organizations

Part of the 7th Judicial District of Kentucky. Serves Jefferson County, Kentucky, with courthouse at Louisville. Judge(s): Peter B. Muir, George W. Johnston. Commonwealth's Attorney(s): Edwin S. Craig, James R. Dupuy. Clerk(s): James P. Chambers

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. Edwards’ Annual Directory to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business Firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville for 1865-6 (Louisville: Edwards, Greenough, & Deved, pub., 1866), 155. J. D. Campbell’s Louisville Business Directory for 1864, ed. J. D. Campbell (Louisville: L. A. Civill, Publisher, Bookseller, Printer and Bookbinder, 1864), 70. Tanner’s Louisville Directory, and Business Advertiser for 1861, ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 324. Planters' Hotel O00020821 Categories: Organizations

Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky. Operated in 1851 through 1865. Proprietor(s): J.M. Clarkson (1851); Moses Wilson & Company (1852); Lloyd Harris & Company (1861); and Acton Young (1862-1865).

"Arrivals at the Hotels," Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), 8 July 1851, p. 3. "Planters' Hotel," Daily Courier, (Louisville, KY), 12 June 1852, p. 4. "Planters' Hotel," Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), 10 Nov 1862, p. 2. "Planters' Hotel," Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), 25 Dec 1863, p. 2. Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 300. Edwards' Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville, For 1865-6 (Louisville: Edwards, Greenough & Deved, 1866), 658. State of Tennessee O00014342 1796 Categories: Organizations

Administrative body of the state of Tennessee. Capital at Nashville, Tennessee. Governor(s): Isham Green Harris (November 3, 1857 - March 12, 1862), Andrew Johnson (1853–1857, March 12, 1862 – March 4, 1865), Robert Looney Caruthers (elected but never served due to Andrew Johnson's appointment as military governor), Edward Hazzard East (March 3, 1865 – April 5, 1865), William Gannaway Brownlow (April 5, 1865 – February 25, 1869).

James A. Hodges and Robert J. Norrell, "Tennessee", Encyclopedia Britannica, accessed April 25, 2021, https://www.britannica.com/place/Tennessee. "Former Governors of Tennessee," National Governors Association, accessed April 25, 2021, https://www.nga.org/former-governors/tennessee/. Kentucky State Penitentiary O00000266 1798 1884 Categories: Organizations

State prison of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in Frankfort, Kentucky. Operated from 1798 to 1884. Keeper(s): Jeremiah W. South (1859-1863) and Harry I. Todd (1863-1871).

Relationships Economic: Harry Innes Todd, Sr. (Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant and penitentiary keeper) Legal: Gabriel Endicott (Lawrence County farmer and prisoner for man slaughter) Economic: Ephraim Whitesides (Frankfort, Kentucky, carpenter and assistant keeper of the penitentiary) Legal: Charles Hawkins (Frankfort, Kentucky) Legal: George Knorr (Newport, Kentucky farmer and felon) Legal: Angelo Devoto (Louisville, Kentucky, confectionery shop owner) Legal: James Duddleson (stub, mercer or boyle county) Legal: James Savage (Wayne County farmer and penitentiary inmate) Legal: James Johnson (Campbell County, Kentucky, prisoner) Economic: James Landon Sneed (Franklin County, Kentucky farmer and clerk) Economic: Robert W. Lawler (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard) Legal: William J. Tice (Steele) (Jefferson Co, Frankfort, and Covington, KY) Legal: Felix McDermot (Kenton County laborer and prisoner for grand larceny) Legal: David Schroeder (Louisville, Kentucky, butcher) Legal: Thomas Edrington (Louisville, Kentucky, carpenter and convict) Legal: Francis Pace (Harlan County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Thomas Birmingham (Jefferson County, Kentucky) Legal: Daniel Bush (Jefferson County, Kentucky) Legal: William Nichols (Covington, KY steel mill worker) Legal: Charles T. Sullivan (Jefferson County, Kentucky, resident and inmate) Political: James Landon Sneed (Franklin County, Kentucky farmer and clerk) Political: Robert W. Lawler (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard) Political: John T. Hockensmith (Franklin County, KY, prison guard) Political: Luther S. Prentiss (Franklin County, KY, miller) Political: Robert W. Willhoit (Franklin County, Kentucky, petitioner ) Political: R. K. Taylor (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard. ) Political: James Gallahue (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard. ) Political: Thomas J. Frazier (Breathitt County, Kentucky, postmaster, politician, judge, and Register of the Land Office) Political: L. Tobias (Franklin County, Kentucky, prison guard) Legal: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Wesley [Unknown] (Caldwell County, Kentucky, enslaved man) Legal: William J. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer. ) Legal: Hezekiah Alexander Jr. (Meade County, Kentucky, resident. ) Legal: William Duerbeck (Ohio River boat steward.) Legal: John Smith (Mont Wilson) (Frankfort, Kentucky, inmate.) Legal: Austin Bingham (Trigg County, Kentucky, laborer. Convicted of murder in 1859.) Legal: Jeremiah W. South (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer and keeper of the State Penitentiary) Legal: John J. Dyer, Jr. (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff.) Legal: William Johnson (Convicted of grand larceny in Franklin Circuit Court in 1863.) Legal: Daniel W. Clark (Kenton County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Stephen W. Duval (McLean County, Kentucky, laborer and soldier.)

Calvin Fairbank, Rev. Calvin Fairbank During Slavery Times: How He “Fought the Good Fight” to Prepare “The Way” (Chicago: R. R. McCabe & Co., 1890), 54-56; 104-117; 139-46. J. W. South. “Report of the Keeper and Lessee of the Kentucky Penitentiary to the General Assembly, September 13, 1861,” Legislative Document Series, No. 7 (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 3-13. Report of the Special Committee on the Penitentiary to the Senate of Kentucky, February 26, 1880, Legislative Document No. 18 (Frankfort: E. H. Porter, 1880), 78. William C. Sneed, A Report on the History and Mode of Management of the Kentucky Penitentiary from its Origin, in 1798, to March 1, 1860 (Frankfort: Senate of Kentucky, 1860), 553. Jefferson County, Kentucky 1864-12-27 Legal/Financial English Version 2 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "3": 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 "2": Changes to page transcript. 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 Governor of Kentucky:

Charles G. Jones states on oath that he is one of the firm Jones & Tapp, merchants, whose store now is and has continued to be since Novr 1863, on the east side of 6th cross street between Main and Market streets, in Louisville, Ky. Affiant states that on the night of Wednesday Decr 14, 1864 said store was burglariously broken open and entered and affiants coat worth $55.00 and other articles ^the property of Jones & Tapp^ worth over $1000, were then and there feloniously stolen, taken and carried away from the aforesaid store of Jones & Tapp -- which said burglary and theft were committed by John H. Cannon alias John J Henderson, in company with three others, which three are now in jail in Louisville Ky, having been Examined and held to bail, each in the sum of $1,000, to answer at the January term, 1864 of the Jefferson Criminal Court, to a charge of felony on the grounds herein before stated.

Affiant states that the aforesaid John H. Cannon alias John J. Harrison ^Henderson^ was also arrested together with the other three, & was taken to jail, but effected his escape before being committed to the jail; and in this wise, viz: he was searched by the policeman who found upon him a check, and after this he proposed to the policeman

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to accompany him to his Hotel; this was done and said prisoner then, on the night of the 15th Decr, 1864, effected his escape and is now, as affiant is informed & believes in the State of Tennessee. Affiants states that with the aforesaid check found upon the said prisoner, John H. Cannon alias John J. Henderson, the policeman procured Affiants coat aforesaid from the Hotel when said prisoner stopped & which was worth $55, and was in the store of Johnes & Tapp aforesaid when said store was so as aforesaid burglariously entered; said coat being then & there by the parties aforesaid feloniously taken therefrom with other property as herein before stated.

Affiant states that said store was burglariously broken open & entered by the parties aforesaid on the night of Decr 14, 1864 by boring through the shutters of the back door, unbolting the top & middle bolts and breaking the glass and busting off the bottom bolt of the door.

Wherefore affiant asks your Excellency to grant him a requisition upon the Governor of Tennessee, for the person of said John H. Cannon, alias John J. Henderson to be brought to Kentucky to be tried, ac-

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cording to the laws of Kentucky for the felony aforesaid -- said offences being felonious by the laws of Kentucky, and punishable by confinement in the State penetentiary

Charles G Jones

Chas G. Jones states on Oath that he believes the foregoing statements are true Decr 27th 1864

Charles G Jones

Subscribed and sworn to before me by Chas G. Jones 27 Decr 1864.

Robt J. Elliott Notary Public for Jefferson County, Ky.

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Affidavit of Chas G. Jones Requisition on Governor of Tennessee & Robt Gilchrist apptd Agent 30th Dec/64