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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-0001-006-0050 BR6-57 to BR6-58

Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee John Wall (Witness in the prosecution of Patrick Meyer for grand larceny in Davidson County, Tennessee, in January 1865.) N00020827 Categories: People

Witness in the prosecution of Patrick Meyer for grand larceny in Davidson County, Tennessee, in January 1865.

Relationships Legal: George M. Southgate (Nashville, Tennessee, justice of the peace)

KYR-0001-006-0050. Patrick Meyer (Davidson County, Tennessee, fugitive from justice.) N00010512 Categories: People

Charged with grand larceny in Davidson County, Tennessee, in June 1864. Fugitive from justice in Kentucky in January 1865.

Relationships Legal: John Wall (Witness in the prosecution of Patrick Meyer for grand larceny in Davidson County, Tennessee, in January 1865.) Legal: Benjamin Groomes (Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, cabinet maker) Legal: James A. Steele (Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, deputy marshal)

KYR-0001-006-0066. Benjamin Groomes (Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, cabinet maker) N00010525 1814? 1876-10-21 Categories: People

Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, cabinet maker. Virginia native. Married to Mary Parrish Groomes in Nashville in December 1838. Father of Catherine Grooms, Thomas Randle Grooms, Benjamin Franklin Groomes, Sarah E. “Sally” Groomes, and Richard “Dick” Groomes. Cabinet maker in Nashville in 1850. Cabinet maker in Nashville 1860. Partner with James Cavert in Groomes, Cavert & Co. in Nashville in 1860. Owned eight enslaved persons in Nashville in 1860.

Relationships Legal: George M. Southgate (Nashville, Tennessee, justice of the peace)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, p. 87A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville Ward 6, p. 433. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville Ward 6, p. 255B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville Ward 6, p. 333A. Tennessee Marriage Records, Davidson County, Nashville,1838-1864, p.8. Tennessee City Death Records, 1872-1923, Davidson County, Nashville, p. 55. Nashville City and Business Directory for 1860-1861, vol. V., (Nashville, TN: L. P. Williams & CO., Publishers and Proprietors, 1860), pp. 142, 182, 199. George M. Southgate (Nashville, Tennessee, justice of the peace) N00020828 1800? 1867 Categories: People

Nashville, Tennessee, justice of the peace. Virginia native. Married to Gertrude Robinson Southgate. Father of Lucy J. Southgate, William R. Southgate, and Marcellus Southgate. Tobacconist in Covington, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Covington in 1850. Justice of the peace in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1860. Owned six enslaved persons in Nashville in 1860. Justice of the peace in Nashville in 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington Ward 1, p. 217B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, p. 115. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville Ward 2, p. 347. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, p. 241A. Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, Davidson County Death Certificates, File 321. E.D. King, ed., Singleton's Nashville Business Directory for 1865 (Nashville: R.H. Singleton, 1865), 139. "Died," Republican Banner (Nashville, TN), April 9, 1867, p. 4. Edward H. East (Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, attorney and politician ) N00010527 1830-10-01 1904-11-12 Categories: People

Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, attorney and politician. Nashville, Tennessee, native. Son of Edward Hyde East and Cecilia Buchanan East. Graduate of Washington Institute in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1850. Graduate of the Law School of Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee, in 1854. Elected member of the Tennessee State Legislature from Davidson County in 1859. Partner with George G. Bradford in Bradford & East Attorneys at Law in 1860. Appointed Secretary of State of Tennessee from 1862 to 1865. Governor of Tennessee (interregnum) from March 4, 1865, to April 5, 1865.

Relationships Legal: George M. Southgate (Nashville, Tennessee, justice of the peace)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, p. 227A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Nashville, Davidson County, p. 380. Find A Grave, "Edward Hyde East (October 1, 1830-November 12, 1904)," Memorial #8005195, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8005195 (accessed March 31, 2019). Nashville City and Business Directory for 1860-1861, vol. V., (Nashville, TN: L. P. Williams & CO., Publishers and Proprietors, 1860), p. 239. James Welch Patton, Unionism and Reconstruction in Tennessee, 1860-1869(Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1934), 34, 84, 89. William S. Speer, Sketches of Prominent Tennesseans, Containing Biographies and Records of Many of the Families Who Have Attained Prominence in Tennessee (Nashville, TN: A.B. Tavel, 1888), 196-199. 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). Davidson County, Tennessee P00001927 Categories: Places

Seat at Nashville, Tennessee. Located on the Cumberland River.

36.1343, -86.822 Carroll Van West, "Davidson County," in The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, version 2.0, tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=356 (accessed September 18, 2017). USGS: Earth Explorer, "Davidson County, Tennessee," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on February 18, 2020). 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). Nashville, Tennessee P001004 Categories: Places

Capital of Tennessee. Seat of Davidson County, Tennessee. Located on the Cumberland River.

36.1627, -86.7816 Ophelia Paine and John Lawrence Connelly, "Nashville (Metropolitan Nashville/ Davidson County)," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2016, http://www.tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=964 (accessed July 19, 2016). USGS: Earth Explorer, "Nashville, Tennessee" https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on December 11, 2019). 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/. Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee 1865-01-21 Legal/Financial English Version 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. 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 Tennessee Davidson County

This day John Wall appeared before me the undersigned Justice of the Peace, for said county and state, and made oath that on the 12th day of June 1864, that on Patrick Mezher did commit the offence of Grand Larceny, in stealing two horses the property of Benjamin Groomis and on the 12 -- day of June 1864 did sell said horses so stolen to affiant

John Wall

Sworn to and Subscribed fore me This the 21st of January 1865

G M Southgate J P for said county

I Edward H East Secretary of the State of Tennessee, do hereby certify that G. M. Southgate whose official signature is attached to the orginal affidavit, now on file in my office and of which the foregoing is a full time and perfect copy, was at the time, the same was, subscribed and sworn to, before, a duly elected commissioned, and acting Justice of the peace, for Davidson county

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State of Tennessee, and as such, was empowed to administer oaths, and that the same is entitled to full faith and credit

In Testimony whereof and by order of the Govenor I hereunto Subscribe my official signature and affix the Great seal of the State of Tennessee Done at Nashville, January 21st 1865

THE GREAT SEAL OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE AGRICULTURE COMMERCE 1796

Edward H. East Secretary of State