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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-0001-006-0092 BR6-117 to BR6-117C

Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee 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. John W. Scales (Williamson County, Tennessee. Tennessee native. ) N00019912 1844? Categories: People

Williamson County, Kentucky, fugitive from justice. Tennessee native. Son of Mark H. Scales and Susan Scales. Resident of Marshall County, Tennessee, in 1850. Household owned seven enslaved persons in Marshall County in 1850. Attended school in Williamson County, Tennessee, in 1860. Household owned nine enslaved persons in Williamson County in 1860. Charged with the murder of Alfred Ogilvie in Williamson County in September 1865. Fugitive from justice in October 1865.

Relationships Legal: William Gannaway "Parson" Brownlow (Seventeenth governor of the State of Tennessee, newspaper editor, and politician.) Legal: David Ralston (Williamson County, Tennessee, resident.) Legal: William Cummins (Williamson County, Tennessee, farmer and County Clerk.) Legal: Alfred S. Ogilvie (Williamson County, Tennessee, farmer. ) Legal: William N. Smith (Williamson County, Tennessee, farmer and justice of the peace.) Legal: Henry Clark (Williamson County, Tennessee, trader and famer.) 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, Marshall County, District 8, p. 60A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Tennessee, Marshall County, District 8. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Williamson County, District 1, pp. 178-9. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Tennessee, Williamson County, District 1. "Tennessee Items," The Memphis Argus (Memphis, TN), September 27, 1865, p. 1. "From Nashville," Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, KY), March 19, 1866, p. 4. 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. Henry Clark (Williamson County, Tennessee, trader and famer.) N00020518 1815? Categories: People

Williamson County, Tennessee, farmer and agent. North Carolina native. Married to Mary Poindexter Clark. Father of George Clark, Joseph Clark, Francis Clark, Mary A. Clark, John Clark, William Thomas Clark, and Watson G. Clark. Trader in Marshall County, Tennessee, in 1850. Farmer in Williamson County, Tennessee, in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Williamson County in 1860. Agent of the State of Tennessee for the requisition of John W. Scales in October 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marshall County, District 8, p. 60B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Williamson County, Eastern Subdivision, p. 247. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, Eastern Subdivision. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 10668. Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, Rutherford County Death Certificates, File 4276. 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. Alfred S. Ogilvie (Williamson County, Tennessee, farmer. ) N00020526 1811-03-27 1865-09-17 Categories: People

Williamson County, Tennessee, farmer. Tennessee native. Married to Mira M. Riggs Ogilvie in Williamson County, Tennessee, on May 4, 1836. Father of Mary Francis Ogilvie, Overton S. Ogilvie, Valerie A. Ogilvie, Sarah K. Ogilvie, Rufus R. Ogilvie, and Alice Ogilvie. Resident of Williamson County, Tennessee, in 1840. Owned four enslaved persons in Williamson County in 1840. Farmer in Williamson County in 1850. Owned twelve enslaved persons in Williamson County in 1850. Farmer in Williamson County in 1860. Owned thirty-one enslaved persons in Williamson County in 1860.

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Williamson County, 197. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Williamson County, District 23, p. 231A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Tennessee, Williamson County, District 23. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Williamson County, Eastern Subdivision, p. 247. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Tennessee, Williamson County, Eastern Subdivision, p. 557B. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, Williamson County, 1830-1839: Marriages, (Loose) Jo-Pr. "Tennessee Items," The Memphis Argus (Memphis, TN), September 27, 1865, p. 1. "Alfred Smith Ogilvie (1811–1865)," Find A Grave, Memorial 21420741, accessed July 31, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/ 21420741. David Ralston (Williamson County, Tennessee, resident.) N00020529 1830-12-19 1913-04-30 Categories: People

Williamson County, Tennessee, resident. Tennessee native. Married to Mary S. Sutton Ralston in Williamson County, Tennessee, on November 18, 1863. Resident of Williamson County, Tennessee, in 1860. Household owned four enslaved persons in Williamson County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Williamson County, Eastern Subdivision, p. 247. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Tennessee, Williamson County, Eastern Subdivision, p. 558B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Rutherford County, District 8, p. 334A. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, Williamson County, 1860-1869: Marriage License Bonds (Mo-Yo). "David Ralston (1930-1913)," Find A Grave, Memorial 149269969, accessed July 31, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/ 149269969. William Cummins (Williamson County, Tennessee, farmer and County Clerk.) N00020528 1811-07-27 1871-11-29 Categories: People

Williamson County, Tennessee, farmer and court clerk. Tennessee native. Married to Elizabeth Jane Mayberry Cummins in Williamson County, Tennessee, on December 21, 1843. Father of Lucy M. Cummins, George W. Cummins, and Rachel Cummins. Married to Susan Ann Russell Fowlkes Cummins on March 6, 1856. Father of Willie Cummins. Farmer in Williamson County, Tennessee, in 1850. Owned five enslaved persons in Williamson County in 1850. County court clerk in Williamson County in 1860. Owned ten enslaved persons in Williamson County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: William N. Smith (Williamson County, Tennessee, farmer and justice of the peace.) 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, Williamson County, District 3, p. 151B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Tennessee, Williamson County, District 3. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Williamson County, District 1, p. 116. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Tennessee, Williamson County, District 1, p. 483B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Williamson County, District 9, p. 134A Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, Williamson County, 1840-1850: Marriages, (Loose) Cr-Ho. Lineage Book: National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, vol. XLVII (Washington, D.C.: Press of Judd & Detweiler, Inc., 1919), 226. "William Cummins (1811-1871)," Find A Grave, Memorial 148171684, accessed July 31, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148171684. William N. Smith (Williamson County, Tennessee, farmer and justice of the peace.) N00020520 1818-05-05 1896-01-20 Categories: People

Williamson County, Tennessee, farmer and justice of the peace. Tennessee native. Married to Martha A. Giles Smith in Williamson County, Kentucky, on June 8, 1842. Father of Thomas J. Smith, Isaac Smith, Samuel H. Smith, Mary B. Smith, William L. Smith, Martha E. Smith, Sarah J. Smith, Lucy A. Smith, John G. Smith, and James O. Smith. Farmer in Williamson County, Tennessee, in 1850. Farmer in Williamson County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Williamson County in 1865.

Relationships Legal: David Ralston (Williamson County, Tennessee, resident.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Williamson County, District 23, pp. 231A-B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Williamson County, District 1, pp. 178B-179A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Williamson County, District 22, pp. 332A-B. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, Williamson County, 1800-1866: Marriage Records Vol. 3, p. 75. "William N Smith (1818-1896)," Find A Grave, Memorial 101987115, accessed November 7, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101987115. Williamson County, Tennessee P00019918 Categories: Places

County in central Tennessee. Seat at Franklin.

35.8938, -86.8986 History of Tennessee: From the Earliest Time to the Present; Together with an Historical and Biographical Sketch of Maury, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson, Bedford and Marshall Counties; Besides a Valuable Fund of Notes, Reminisces, Observations, Etc., Etc.,, vol. II (Nashville, TN: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1886), 787-810. "Williamson County, Tennessee," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed November 7, 2023, 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). 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/. Executive Department, Tennessee O00010513 1796 Categories: Organizations

Office of the Governor, in which the constitution of Tennessee vests the executive power of the state.

"Tennessee Constitution, 1796, Article 2, Section 1" Tennessee Founding and Landmark Documents, https://cdm15138.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/tfd/id/388 (Accessed April 1, 2019). "The Constitution of the State of Tennessee" Prepared by the Office of the Chief of Clerk of the Senate Revised November 4, 2014, http://www.capitol.tn.gov/about/docs/tn-constitution.pdf (Accessed April 1, 2019). Connie L. Lester, "Tennessee Governor's Office" inThe Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, Carroll Van West and Connie L. Lester, eds., http://Tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/Tennessee-governors-office/ (Accessed April 1, 2019). 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. United States Congress O00005496 1789 Categories: Organizations

Organized in the Constitution of the United States, Congress, which consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate, is the legislative branch of the U.S. government.

Relationships Political: Lawrence Strother Trimble (Paducah congressman) Political: P. N. Smith (Jessamine County) Political: Woodson Dickerson (Nicholasville, Kentucky, druggist) Political: S. Noland (Commonwealth attorney) Political: Melvin T. Lowry (Jessamine County, Kentucky, county and circuit court clerk) Political: William R. Welch (Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky, farmer, attornery, and notary public) Political: John B. Cook (Nicholasville, Kentucky, grocery keeper) Political: William H. Daniel (Jessamine County, Kentucky, resident, prov govt)

United States Senate, Origins and Development, https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/OriginsDevelopment.htm. United States House of Representatives, _House History Timeline, 1700-1799, http://history.house.gov/Education/Timeline/1700s/; United States Constitution, Article I. Williamson County Court O00020522 1800 Categories: Organizations

Located in Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Clerk(s): William Cummins.

History of Tennessee: From the Earliest Time to the Present; Together with an Historical and Biographical Sketch of Maury, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson, Bedford and Marshall Counties; Besides a Valuable Fund of Notes, Reminisces, Observations, Etc., Etc.,, vol. II (Nashville, TN: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1886), 787-810. KYR-0001-006-0092. Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee 1865-10-28 Legal/Financial English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": 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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XVI. AGRICULATURE. COMMERCE.
State of Tennessee, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.

To His Excellency the Governor of the State of Kentucky

Sir: It has been made known to me that a certain John W. Scales, of our County of Williamson, stands charged with having, in the month of September, 1865, with having committed the crime of murder as will more fully appear from an authenticated copy of a states warrant herewith transmitted: And whereas, it has been made known to me that the said John W. Scales has fled from justice, and is now running at large in the State of Kentucky:

Now, Therefore, I, William G. Brownlow, Governor of the State of Tennessee, in pursuance of the Act of Congress, entitled "An Act respecting Fugitives from Justice," do hereby demand that your Excellency will please cause the said John W. Scales to be arrested, if to be found within the limits of the State over which you preside, and have him safely delivered to Henry Clark, who is appointed Agent on the part of this State to receive the said fugitive from the civil authorities of the State of Kentucky, to the end that he may be brought to the State of Tennessee and dealt with according to law.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Great Seal of the State to be affixed, at Nashville, on the 28th day of October, 1865.

BY THE GOVERNOR: W. G. Brownlow A. J. Fletcher SECRETARY OF STATE.

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State of Tennessee Williamson County

To any lawful Officer of the State Information on oath having been made to me that the offence of murder has ^been^ committed on the body of A S. Oglevie ^on the 16th day of Sept 1865^ and accusing John W. Scales thereof you are therefore commanded in the name of the State Forthwith to arrest Said Scales and bring him before me or some other magistrate of Said county to answer the charge given under my hand and Seal this ^the^ 17 day of Sept 1865

Wm. N. Smith J. P. of Williamson county

After being dewly Sworn I deputise David Ralston To Execute this writ as an officer

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State of Tennessee Williamson County

I William Cummins clerk of the County Court of said County, do Certify, that William N. Smith, whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing Warrant, is and was at the time signing the same, an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly elected commissioned and qualified; and that full faith and credit are due his official acts.

WILLIAMSON COUNTY TENNESSEE

In testimony of all which I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official Seal at office, this 27th day of October 1865.

Wm Cummmins Clk

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Requisition from Gov of Tennessee Warrant issued 30th Oct 1865

States warrant vs John W. Scales