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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-0001-006-0083 BR6-106

Calloway 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. David L. L. McGaha (Calloway County, KY, farmer) N00019980 1829? Categories: People

Calloway County, Kentucky, farmer. Tennessee native. Married to Louisa J. McGaha. Farmer in St. Francis County, Arkansas, in 1860. Farmer in Calloway County, Kentucky, in June 1863. Indicted for grand larceny in Calloway County in 1865.

Relationships Legal: John B. England (Calloway County, KY, farmer) Legal: James E. Miller (Calloway County, KY, attorney) Legal: Nathaniel H. Ryan (Calloway County, KY, sheriff) Legal: Samuel A. Miller (Calloway County, KY, farmer) Legal: Calloway County Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Arkansas, St. Francis County, Johnson, p. 386. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Calloway County, KY, June 1863, p. 15. KYR-0001-006-0083. Samuel A. Miller (Calloway County, KY, farmer) N00019981 1840-04-19 1880-06-18 Categories: People

Calloway County, Kentucky, farmer. South Carolina native. Son of Joseph Miller and Mary Miller. Resident of Calloway County, Kentucky, in 1850. Attended school in Calloway County in 1860. Household owned four enslaved persons in Calloway County in 1860. Farmer in Calloway County in June 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Calloway County, District 1, p. 464A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Calloway County, p. 193. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Calloway County, p. 227A. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Calloway County, KY, June 1863, p. 31. "Samuel Alexander Miller (1840-1880)," Find A Grave, Memorial 24794734, accessed May 15, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24794734. William M. Starks (Calloway County, Kentucky, farmer) N00008759 1809? Categories: People

Calloway County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Lucy Gibson Starks on in Todd County, Kentucky, August 28, 1837. Father of R. Starks, J. F. Starks, and Howell Starks. Married to Eliza Smith Starks in Calloway County on March 19, 1845. Father of Edmund Starks and E. A. Starks. Step father to J. Smith, J. Smith, A. Smith, and E. Smith. Farmer in Calloway County in 1850. Owned six enslaved persons in Calloway County in 1850. Farmer in Calloway County in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Calloway County in 1860.

Relationships Military: Henry Bartling (Pennsylvania, soldier ) Military: Richard D. Cunningham (Colonel, U.S. Army)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Calloway County, District 1, p. 484A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Calloway County, District 1. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Calloway County, p. 220. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Calloway County, p. 229A. Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954, Genealogical Society of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, UT, Todd County Marriages, Film 000367186. Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954, Genealogical Society of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, UT, Calloway County Marriages, Film 001942719. William P. Guthrie (Calloway County, KY, resident) N00019976 Categories: People

Calloway County, Kentucky, resident. Resident of Calloway County, Kentucky, in 1865. Signed a petition on behalf of David L. L. McGaha in Calloway County in October 1865.

KYR-0001-006-0083. Gilbert Harding (Calloway County, KY, farmer) N00019982 1805? 1872 Categories: People

Calloway County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Ada Stark Harding in Sumner County, Tennessee, in July 1827. Father of Thomas Harding, Addison Harding, James E. Harding, William H. Harding, Sally A. Harding, Elizabeth Harding, Albert Harding, and Mary F. Harding. Farmer in Calloway County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Calloway County in 1850. Farmer in Calloway County in 1860. Owned six enslaved persons in Calloway County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Calloway County, District 1, p. 467A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Calloway County, District 1, p. 855. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Calloway County, p. 191-2. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Calloway County, p. 228A. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, Sumner County, 1820 - 1829: Marriages 3, p. 751. Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Calloway County Wills, vol. D-G, 1885-1961, p. 55. Nathaniel H. Ryan (Calloway County, KY, sheriff) N00019983 1806-06-10 1879-10-09 Categories: People

Calloway County, Kentucky, sheriff. Virginia native. Married to Sally Ann Ryan. Father of C.C.K. Ryan, N.A. Ryan, Mary E. Ryan, Edmond H. Ryan, Nancy P. Ryan, Thankful N. Ryan, and Phillip N. Ryan. Farmer in Calloway County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Calloway County in 1850. Sheriff in Calloway County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Calloway County, District 1, p. 485A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Calloway County, District 1. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Calloway County, p. 193. "Nathaniel Hill Ryan (1806-1879)," Find A Grave, Memorial 24922596, accessed May 15, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24922596. Joseph Miller (Calloway County, KY, farmer) N00019984 1812-09-09 1875-09-21 Categories: People

Calloway County, Kentucky, farmer. South Carolina native. Married to Mary Miller. Father of Nancy Miller, James E. Miller, Samuel A. Miller, and Mary E. Miller. Farmer in Calloway County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Calloway County in 1850. Farmer in Calloway County in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Calloway County in 1860.

Relationships Familial: James E. Miller (Calloway County, KY, attorney) Familial: Samuel A. Miller (Calloway County, KY, farmer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Calloway County, District 1, p. 464A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Calloway County, District 1, p. 855. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Calloway County, p. 193. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Calloway County, p. 227A. "Joseph "Joe" Miller (1812-1875)," Find A Grave, Memorial 24794644, accessed May 15, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24794644. William H. Daily (Calloway County, KY, resident) N00019992 1823-11-24 1895-02-02 Categories: People

Calloway County, Kentucky, saddler. North Carolina native. Married to Martha Dally. Father of William W. Dally, J. T. Dally, J. E. Dally, Marietta Dally, Luella Dally. Saddler in Calloway County, Kentucky, in 1850. Saddler in Calloway County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Calloway County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Calloway County, District 1, p. 483A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Calloway County, Murray, p. 188. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Calloway County, Murray, p. 227A. "William H. Daily (1823-1895)," Find A Grave, Memorial 28043986, accessed May 22, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28043986. James E. Miller (Calloway County, KY, attorney) N00019993 1839-10-20 1876-12-30 Categories: People

Calloway County, Kentucky, attorney. South Carolina native. Son of Joseph Miller and Mary Jones Miller. Married to Mary H. Miller. Father of Mary M. Miller. Resident of Calloway County, Kentucky, in 1850. Graduated from the Law Department of the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky, in February 1860. Attorney in Calloway County in 1860. Served in the 12th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from January 30, 1862, to May 12, 1864. Reported as deserted from Pulaski County on May 12, 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Calloway County, District 1, p. 464A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Calloway County, Murray, p. 189. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Calloway County, Murray, p. 86B. Catalogue of the Officers and Students in the Law Department of the University of Louisville (Louisville: Hull & Brother, Printers, 1860), 17. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0258. "James Erwin Miller (1839-1876)," Find A Grave, Memorial 26657189, accessed May 15, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26657189. John S. Wilcox (Calloway County, KY, farmer) N00019994 1835? 1913 Categories: People

Calloway County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Martha A. Taylor Wilcox in Henry County, Tennessee, on September 18, 1859. Father of R.F. Wilcox and Lillian Wilcox. Attended school in Calloway County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Calloway County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Calloway County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Calloway County, District 2, p. 403A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Calloway County, p. 212. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Calloway County, p. 229A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Henry County, District 5, p. 254B. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, Henry County, May 1898 - Aug 1929: Marriages 3, p. 99. Tennessee, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008, Tennessee County, District and Probate Courts, Henry County Administrators Letters, 1899-1968, p. 191. Edmund C. Starks (Calloway County, KY, resident) N00019995 1845-12-26 1894-06-29 Categories: People

Calloway County, Kentucky, resident. Kentucky native. Son of William M. Starks and Eliza Starks. Resident of Calloway County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned six enslaved persons in Calloway County in 1850. Attended school in Calloway County in 1860. Household owned seven enslaved persons in Calloway County in 1860. Served in the 15th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private and corporal from October 23, 1862, to October 6, 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Calloway County, District 1, p. 484A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Calloway County, District 1, p. 862. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Calloway County, p. 220. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Calloway County, p. 229A. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 135. "Edmund Curd Starks (1845-1894)," Find A Grave, Memorial 100252985, accessed May 15, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100252985. John B. England (Calloway County, KY, farmer) N00019996 1829-07-20 1905-04-05 Categories: People

Calloway County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Son of Mary B. England. Guardian of R. J. Caldwell. Farmer in Calloway County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned seven enslaved persons in Calloway County in 1850. Farmer in Calloway County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Calloway County in 1860. Held an additional seven enslaved persons in trust for R. J. Caldwell in Calloway County in 1860. Household owned one additional enslaved person in Calloway County in 1860. Farmer in Calloway County in June 1863. County clerk in Calloway County in 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Calloway County, District 1, p. 484A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Calloway County, District 1, p. 862. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Calloway County, p. 365. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Calloway County, 235A-B. 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), 11. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Calloway County, KY, June 1863, p. 12. "John B England (1823-1905)," Find A Grave, Memorial 25255372, accessed May 15, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25255372. KYR-0001-006-0083. James Jones (Calloway County, KY, resident) N00019974 Categories: People

Calloway County, Kentucky, resident. Resident of Calloway County, Kentucky, in 1865. Signed a petition on behalf of David L. L. McGaha in Calloway County in October 1865.

KYR-0001-006-0083. Samuel McKnight (Calloway County, KY, merchant) N00019979 1823-08-01 1875-12-25 Categories: People

Calloway County, Kentucky, merchant. Virginia native. Married to Emily W. McKnight. Father of Nancy A. McKnight and Betty D. McKnight. Served in the 16th U.S. Infantry Regiment as a private from April 24, 1847, to August 7, 1848. Bricklayer in Calloway County, Kentucky, in 1850. Grocer in Calloway County in 1860. Merchant in Calloway County in June 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Calloway County, District 2, p. 442A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Calloway County, Murray, p. 188. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Calloway County, Murray, p. 88B. Registers of Enlistments in the United States Army, 1798-1914, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M233, Roll MIUSA1798102882. _Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Calloway County, KY, June 1863, p. 15. "Samuel McKnight (1823-1875)," Find A Grave, Memorial 26656801, accessed May 15, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26656801. 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. Rufus K. Williams (Judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals) N00000883 1816? 1889-07-24 Categories: People

Graves County, Kentucky, attorney, soldier, and judge. Delaware native. Married to Mahala Williams. Father of Ann Williams, Rufus Williams, Jr., Mary Williams, Martha Williams, Augusta Williams, Emma Williams, Kemble Williams, Emily Williams, Harriet Williams, and Maggie Williams. Delegate to the 1860 Democratic National Convention backing John C. Breckinridge. Circuit court judge of the 1st Judicial District of Kentucky from 1860 to 1862. Delegate to the 1861 Border State Convention. Judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals from 1862 to 1870. Chief justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals from 1868 to 1870.

Relationships Political: Kentucky Court of Appeals Social: Philip D. Yeiser (Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, Commonwealth's attorney.) Economic: Branch Bank of Ashland

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, p. 272. “An Eminent Jurist Dead,” Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), July 25, 1889. 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. H. Levin, The Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1897), 94. Calloway County, Kentucky P00000912 Categories: Places

Seat at Murray. Located on the Tennessee River. Borders the state of Tennessee.

36.6403, -88.285 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 46. “Calloway County,” The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 152-3. USGS: Earth Explorer, “Calloway County, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on February 26, 2020). 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. 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/. 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. Calloway County Court O00000615 Categories: Organizations

Located in Murray, Calloway County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): A. Riley. Clerk(s): P. M. Ellison, John B. England, and R. E. Beckham.

Relationships Political: P. M. Ellison (Calloway Co Ct. Clerk) Political: Isaiah R. Miller (Calloway County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace.) Political: Francis Ulysses Dodds (Calloway County, Kentucky, farmer, politician, justice of the peace, member of the Russellville Convention, and soldier.) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861,” in 1862 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-308; “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862,” in 1863 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document 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,” in 1864 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 10. (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-306; “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864,” in 1865 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document 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,” in 1865/66 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document 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,” in 1866 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-350. Calloway County, Kentucky Petition English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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To his Excellency Thos. E. Bramlette Govenor of the State of Ky

We the undersigned loyal citizens of the State of Ky and county of Calloway do hereby represent that one David, McGaha, is indicted as charged in indictment herewith enclosed and is now running at Large and an attempt has been made to arrest him, and he now threatens any and all persons whether officers or not who Shall attempt his arrest now we pray your Excellency to authorize the Sheriff of this county also one constable L. A. Miller to follow the Said David McGaha and arrest him wherever he may be found Either in or out of the Stat, and that you inform by Proclamation or otherwise the Govenors of Tennessee & Illinois that Such a Person is within there limits, and we want, his delivery over to the civil authorities of this State to be dealt with according to Law

Wm M Starks Wm. P. Guthrie Gilbert, Harding N. H. Ryan Joseph Miller W H. Daily J. E. Miller County Attorney John, S, Wilcox E. C. Starkes J. B. England clk C. C. C Jas Jones S McKnight

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Requisition on Governor of Tennessee for David McGaha Grand Larceny & apptd L. A Miller agent 24 Oct/65

The object of this petition is that the Govenor of Kentucky demand the Surrender of the refugee McGaha from the Govenor of Tennessee and that L. A. Miller be appointed to arrest and receive him from the authorities of Tennessee, where the accused has taken refuge,

R. K. Williams