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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-0001-006-0063 BR6-77

Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee T.J. Waggoner (Witness at the trial of John Davis in Davidson County, Tennessee, in 1865.) N00019822 Categories: People

Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, resident. Witness at the trial of John Davis in Davidson County, Tennessee, in 1865.

Relationships Legal: William D. Robertson (Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, notary public)

KYR-0001-060-0063. John Davis (Charged with larceny in Davidson County, Tennessee, in May 1865.) N00019827 Categories: People

Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, resident. Charged with larceny in Davidson County, Tennessee, in May 1865. Fugitive from justice in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, in June 1865. Arrested in Louisville on June 27, 1865.

Relationships Social: Alfred Harris (Accused of larceny alongside John Davis in Nashville in May 1865.) Legal: William D. Robertson (Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, notary public) Legal: T.J. Waggoner (Witness at the trial of John Davis in Davidson County, Tennessee, in 1865.) Legal: William Gannaway "Parson" Brownlow (Seventeenth governor of the State of Tennessee, newspaper editor, and politician.) Legal: State of Tennessee Legal: Andrew Jackson Fletcher (Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, attorney and Tennessee Secretary of State) Legal: Criminal Court of Davidson County Legal: S.P. Smith (Agent of the State of Tennessee in the requisition of John Davis from Kentucky in 1865.)

"Caught," The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY), June 28, 1865, p. 3. "Shot," The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY), July 6, 1865, p. 1. KYR-0001-006-0063. Alfred Harris (Accused of larceny alongside John Davis in Nashville in May 1865.) N00019828 Categories: People

Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, resident. Accused of larceny alongside John Davis in Nashville in May 1865.

KYR-0001-006-0063. William D. Robertson (Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, notary public) N00019825 1817 1901 Categories: People

Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, merchant, deputy sheriff, and notary public. Virginia native. Married to Frances Yearling Robertson in Davidson County, Tennessee, on October 22, 1845. Married to America T. Robertson. Father of Charles D. Robertson. Merchant in Davidson County, Tennessee, in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Davidson County in 1850. Deputy sheriff in Davidson County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Davidson County in 1860. Notary public in Davidson County in 1865.

Relationships Legal: William Gannaway "Parson" Brownlow (Seventeenth governor of the State of Tennessee, newspaper editor, and politician.) Legal: State of Tennessee Legal: Andrew Jackson Fletcher (Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, attorney and Tennessee Secretary of State)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Davidson County, District 21, p. 363B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Tennessee, Davidson County, District 21.. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Davidson County, District 21, p. 287. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Tennessee, Davidson County, District 21, p. 232B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Tennessee County, District 21, p. 118B. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, Davidson County, 1838- 864: Marriages, Book 2, p. 179. "W. D. Robertson (1817-1901)," Find A Grave, Memorial 81690619, accessed April 25, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81690619. KYR-0001-031-0310 Andrew Jackson Fletcher (Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, attorney and Tennessee Secretary of State) N00019782 1820-06-01 1870-07-16 Categories: People

Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, attorney and Tennessee Secretary of State. Carter County, Tennessee, native. Son of John and Leah Fletcher. Married to Catherine Drake Fletcher in Carter County, Tennessee, on December 10, 1840. Father of Mary C. Fletcher, Emma J. Fletcher, James R. Fletcher, and Ada L. Fletcher. Married to Emma E. Fletcher in 1860. Father of Andrew Fletcher, Sarah Fletcher, and Rosa R. Fletcher. Attorney in Cocke County, Tennessee, in 1850. Attorney in Greene County, Tennessee, in 1860. Secretary of State of the State of Tennessee from 1865 to 1870.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Cocke County, District 11, p. 344A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Greene County, District 10, p. 287. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Bradley County, District 10, p. 365B. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, Carter County, 1796-1950: Marriage Index. Oliver B. Temple, Notable Men of Tennessee from 1833 to 1875: Their Times and Their Contemporaries (New York: The Cosmopolitan Press, 1912), 123-127. "Andrew Jackson Fletcher (1820-1870)," Find A Grave, Memorial 27372013, accessed April 19, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27372013. William Gannaway "Parson" Brownlow (Seventeenth governor of the State of Tennessee, newspaper editor, and politician.) N00005294 1805-08-29 1877-04-29 Categories: People

Knoxville, Tennessee, newspaper editor, politician, and seventeenth governor of Tennessee. Wythe County, Virginia, native. Son of Joseph A. Brownlow and Catherine Gannaway Brownlow. Married to Eliza O'Brien Brownlow. Father of Susan Brownlow, John B. Brownlow, James P. Brownlow, Mary Brownlow, Fannie Brownlow, Annie Brownlow, and Caledonia T. Brownlow. Traveling minister from 1826 to 1836. Editor of Brownlow's Whig in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, from 1839 to 1865. Employed William O'Brien, Francis Small, William Neal, and Hannibal Lathan as printers in Knoxville in 1850. Governor of the State of Tennessee from 1865 to 1869.

Relationships Legal: Ellis Harper (Captain, Harper's Partisan Rangers) Political: State of Tennessee Political: Andrew Jackson Fletcher (Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, attorney and Tennessee Secretary of State) Political: Executive Department, Tennessee Political: United States Congress Legal: John Davis (Charged with larceny in Davidson County, Tennessee, in May 1865.) Legal: S.P. Smith (Agent of the State of Tennessee in the requisition of John Davis from Kentucky in 1865.) Political: William N. Smith (Williamson County, Tennessee, farmer and justice of the peace.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Knox County, Knoxville, p. 107B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Knox County, District 1, p. 97. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Knox County, Knoxville Ward 3, p. 378A. "Death of Ex-Senator W.G. Brownlow," The Morristown Gazette (Morristown, TN), May 2, 1877, p. 2. Zella Armstrong, Notable Southern Families, vol. 1 (Chattanooga, TN: The Lookout Publishing Co., 1918), 39-45. "William Gannaway Brownlow (1805-1877)," Find A Grave, Memorial 6842094, accessed April 26, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6842094. 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). 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). 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). 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). Criminal Court of Davidson County O00019832 1842 Categories: Organizations

Criminal Court of Davidson County, Tennessee.

"Criminal Court History," Trial Courts: Metropolitan Nashville & Davidson County, accessed April 26, 2023, https://trialcourts.nashville.gov/general-information/history/criminal-court-history. Commercial Hotel O00019835 Categories: Organizations

Hotel in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.

KYR-0001-006-0063. 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 1865-06-29 Legal/Financial English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 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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State of Tennessee Davidson County

On this the 29th day of June 1865 before me a Notary Public in and for the County and state aforesaid personally appeared T J Waggoner and made oath in due form of law that on the 17th day of May 1865 John Davis colered was arrested by the civil authorities of Nashville on a charge of Larceny and on that on the 26th day of May he had a trial before the recorder and was bound over to appear before the next term of the criminal court and gave bail in the sum of two hundred & fifty dollars for his appearance, and that said bond has been forfeited and according to telegram the said Davis is now under arrest by the civil authorities of Louisville Ky.

And he also made oath that he was the main witness for the state and that the following is the testimony he gave in on ^the^ trial

1st That some days previous to said trial he caught John Davis & Alfred Harris carrying Sugar & Coffee amounting

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in value to about Ten or Fifteen dollars, from the commercial Hotell. And that the same did not belong to them

Sworn & Subscribed to before me on the day and year first above written

T. J. Waggoner

W D Robertson Notary Public

W. D. ROBERTSON NASHVILLE, TENN. NOTARY

I Andrew J. Fletcher secretary of state of the State of Tennessee do hereby certify that W. D. Roberts who has subscribed his name to the foregoing affidavit as Notary Public and has affixed his seal of office as such was a Notary Public of the County of Davidson at the time the same was subscribed and affixed and that his attestation is in due form of law

THE GREAT SEAL OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE 1796 XVI AGRICULTURE COMMERCE

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my official signature and by order of the Governor affixed the Great Seal of the state of Tennessee at office in the City of Nashville. This 29th day of June 1865

A. J. Fletcher secretary of State