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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-0001-006-0096 BR6-121

Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio John Wilson (Scioto County, Ohio, attorney and politician.) N00019838 1806-06-12 1872-02-11 Categories: People

Scioto County, Ohio, attorney and politician. Pennsylvania native. Married to Nancy "Ann" Alexander Wilson in Belmont County, Ohio, on January 28, 1830. Father of James Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Alexander Wilson, Mary Wilson, William Wilson, George Wilson, Henry C. Wilson, Margaret Elizabeth Wilson, Josephine Wilson, Romaine Wilson, and Lydia Viola Wilson. Attorney in Gallia County, Ohio, in 1850. Attorney in Boyd County, Kentucky, in 1860. Mayor of Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio from 1865 to 1867.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Gallia County, Green Township, p. 29B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyd County, Catlettsburg, p. 799. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Ohio, Scioto County, Portsmouth Ward 1, p. 515B. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 20814. Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016, Genealogical Society of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, UT, Belmont County Marriages, Film 317291. "Deaths," The Portsmouth Times (Portsmouth, OH), February 17, 1872, p. 2. Nelson W. Evans, A History of Scioto County, Ohio, Together with a Pioneer Record of Southern Ohio (Portsmouth, OH: Nelson W. Evans, 1903), 464. "John Wilson (1806-1872)," Find A Grave, Memorial 99963895, accessed May 1, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99963895. Harriet Jane Brown (Scioto County, Ohio, servant.) N00019839 1828? Categories: People

Scioto County, Ohio, milliner. Kentucky native. Milliner in Scioto County, Ohio, in 1860.

Relationships Legal: John Philip Noel (Clay Township, Scioto County Ohio, farmer.) Legal: John Wilson (Scioto County, Ohio, attorney and politician.) Legal: State of Ohio

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Ohio, Scioto County, Portsmouth, p. 427. John Philip Noel (Clay Township, Scioto County Ohio, farmer.) N00019840 1839-04-05 1896-10-04 Categories: People

Scioto County, Ohio, farmer. Ohio native. Son of Aaron Noel and Catharine A. Noel. Married to Hannah V. Powers Noel in Scioto County, Ohio, on June 24, 1860. Father of Jennie Noel and Bell Noel. Attended school in Scioto County, Ohio, in 1850. Farmer in Scioto County in 1860. Farmer in Scioto County in 1863. Charged with assaulting Harriet Jane Brown in Scioto County in 1865. Fugitive from justice in Kentucky in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Calvin J. Stevens, Sr. (Portsmouth, Scioto County Ohio, brickmaker.) Legal: William Henry Smith (Ohio, newspaper editor and 16th Secretary of State) Legal: Charles Anderson (Twenty-seventh Governor of the State of Ohio, attorney, politician, stock raiser, and soldier.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Scioto County, Clay Township, p. 268A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Ohio, Scioto County, Clay, p. 509. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Ohio, Scioto County, Clay Township, p. 387B. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Scioto County, OH, June 1863, p. 399. Ohio Marriage Records, 1774-1993, Scioto County Marriages, 1804-1867, Film 000292694. "Bell Noel (10 Jan 1863 – 29 Sep 1865)," Find A Grave, Memorial 100361292, accessed April 27, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100361292. "Jennie Noel (7 Jul 1861 – 4 Sep 1866)," Find A Grave, Memorial 47183002, accessed April 27, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47183002. "John Philip Noel (5 Apr 1839 - 12 Apr 1896)," Find A Grave, Memorial 47182322, accessed April 27, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47182322. KYR-0001-006-0095. Scioto County, Ohio P00005316 Categories: Places

County in southeastern Ohio. Seat at Portsmouth. Located on the Ohio River.

38.7317, -82.9977 “Historical Information,” Scotio County Commissioners, accessed March 2, 2017, http://sciotocountydirectory.net/scodc/historical.html. "Portsmouth, Ohio," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed January 18, 2022, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Portsmouth, Ohio P00002578 Categories: Places

Seat of Scioto County, Ohio. Located at the confluence of the Ohio River and the Scioto River.

38.7317, -82.9977 "Portsmouth" in Encyclopedia Britannica, (https://www.britannica.com/place/Portsmouth-Ohio) (accessed July 11, 2017). "Portsmouth, Ohio," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed February 20, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Ohio P001036 Categories: Places

State in the midwestern United States. Capital at Columbus. Located on the Ohio River and Lake Erie.

39.9612, -82.9988 "Columbus, Ohio," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed October 4, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Jeff Wallenfeldt, Francis R. Aumann, and George W. Knepper, "Ohio," Encyclopedia Britannica, accessed May 22, 2017, https://www.britannica.com/place/Ohio-state. 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). State of Ohio O00014700 1803 Categories: Organizations

Administrative body of the state of Ohio. Capital at Columbus.

"A Brief History of Ohio's State Government," The Ohio Legislature, accessed June 7, 2021, https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/publications/a-brief-history. Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio 1865-10-16 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 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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State of ohio Scioto County ss

Before me John Wilson Mayor of the City of Portsmouth in the County aforesaid personally came Harriet Jane Brown who being duly sworn, according to law deposeth and saith That John Philip Noel late of the County aforesaid, on the 14th day of October A D 1865, in the County of scioto aforesaid in and upon one Harriet Jane Brown then and there being did unlawfully make an assault and her the said Harriet Jane Brown then and there did beat strike, wound and ill treat with intent, her the said Harriet Jane Brown, violently, forcibly, and against her will then and there unlawfully and feloniously to ravish and carnally know to the great damage of the said Harriet Jane Brown And further deponent saith not

Harriet Jane ^her X mark^ Brown

SEAL OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH OHIO

sworn to before me & signed in my presence this 16th day of October A D 1865

John Wilson Mayor of the City of Portsmouth

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affidavit State of Ohio vs John P Noel filed Oct the 1618 A D 1865

State of Ohio Scioto County ss:

Before me John Wilson Mayor of the City of Portsmouth personally came Harriet Jane Brown who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith That John Philip Noel, mentioned in the within affidavit is a fugitive from Justice in this state and is now in the state of Kentucky and further deponent saith not

Harriet Jane ^her X mark^ Brown

sworn to by the said Harriet Jane Brown before me and by her signed in my presence the 25 day of October A D 1865

John Wilson Mayor of the City of Portsmouth

SEAL OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH OHIO