<title type="main">John L. Sallee to Ephraim L. Van Winkle

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November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Appointments by the Governor, Civil Appointments, 1863-1867 KYR-0001-007-0095 BR1-489

Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky Ephraim L. Van Winkle (Pulaski Co, KY, attorney & Sec. State) N001777 1827-07-20 1866-05-23 Categories: People

Pulaski County, Kentucky, attorney, politician, and statesman. Wayne County, Kentucky, native. Son of Micajah Van Winkle and Mary Phillips Van Winkle. Married to Ellen Eliza Phillips Van Winkle. Father of Milton E. Van Winkle, Mary E. Van Winkle, Lucy A. Van Winkle, and Betty Van Winkle. Attended the Monticello Academy in Wayne County, Kentucky. Graduate of the Louisville School of Law in 1850. Attorney in Wayne County in 1850. Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from Wayne County in 1855. Commonwealth's attorney for the Sixth Judicial District in 1856. State elector for Constitutional Union Party candidate John Bell in 1860. Attorney in Pulaski County in 1860. Employed James Cowan as a day laborer in Pulaski County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Pulaski County in 1860. Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from September 1, 1863, to May 23, 1866.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Wayne County, Division No. 2, p. 242B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pulaski County, Somerset, p. 155. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Pulaski County, Somerset District 1, p. 195A. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Pulaski County, KY, July 1863, p. 163. "Ephraim Van Winkle," Office of the Kentucky Secretary of State, accessed September 22, 2021, https://web.sos.ky.gov/ofx/secsofstate?id=39. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Rolls 994057, Wayne County Births. David Bell (Wayne County, Kentucky, justice of the peace) N00011698 Categories: People

Commissioned as a justice of the peace in District 4 in Wayne County, Kentucky, in January 1864.

Relationships Military: Kentucky State Militia Military: United States Army

KYR-0001-007-0095. Hiram Bell (Wayne County, Kentucky, notary or soldier) N00011699 1825-01-27 1906-10-30 Categories: People

Wayne County, Kentucky, justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Son of Joseph Bell and Nancy Bell. Married to Margaret Bell. Father of Lenora Emily Bell, Martha Jane Bell, George W. Bell, Lewis A. Bell, and Alice Bell. Resident of Wayne County in 1850. Justice of the peace in Wayne County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Wayne County in 1864.

Relationships Familial: David Bell (Wayne County, Kentucky, justice of the peace) Military: Kentucky State Militia Military: United States Army

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Wayne County, Division 1, p. 317A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Wayne County, Monticello, p. 319-20. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Wayne County, District 7, p. 132B. Find A Grave, “Hiram Bell (1825-1906)," Memorial # 41921822, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41921822/hiram-bell (accessed March 4, 2021). KYR-0001-007-0095. Stephen Vaughn (Wayne Co, Ky, farmer) N00011686 1817? 1864-01-21 Categories: People

Wayne County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Patsy Kidd Vaughn in Wayne County on October 3, 1844. Father of William Vaughn, Elizabeth Vaughn, John S. Vaughn. Laborer in Wayne County in 1850. Farmer in Wayne County in 1860. Died of smallpox in Wayne County on January 21, 1864.

Relationships Military: Kentucky State Militia Military: United States Army

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Wayne County, Division 2, p. 274A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Wayne County, p. 328. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Wayne County Marriages, Film #000591550, p.60. KYR-0001-007-0095. Milton P. Buster (Monticello, KY, farmer, judge, senator for Wayne, Pulaski, and Clinton counties) N00004834 1824-12-06 1864-01-21 Categories: People

Wayne County, Kentucky, farmer, senator, and judge. Kentucky native. Married to Louisa L. Parker Buster in Wayne County, Kentucky, on November 5, 1846. Father of William Buster, Kate Buster, Sophia Buster, Charles Buster, and Sis Buster. Farmer in Wayne County in 1850. Farmer in Wayne County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Wayne County in 1860. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky for Wayne, Pulaski, and Clinton Counties from 1861 to 1864. Judge in Monticello in 1863. Died on January 21, 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Wayne County, Division 1, p. 284A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Wayne County, p. 236. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Wayne County, p. 2. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Wayne County Marriages, Film #000591550. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Covington, KY: Collins & Co., 1874), 754. "Milton P. Buster (1824-1864)," Find A Grave, Memorial #93627948, accessed April 27, 2017, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93627948. "Resolutions Upon the Death of Judge M.P. Buster," in Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Passed at the Session Which was Begun and Held in the City of Frankfort on Monday, the Seventh Day of December, 1863, (Frankfort, KY: The Commonwealth Office, 1864), 153. William M. Burton (Wayne Co, Ky, judge and teacher) N00011687 1824? Categories: People

Wayne County, Kentucky, judge and teacher. Kentucky native. Married to Mary E. Frisbie Burton in Wayne County on September 14, 1847. Father of Johnathan S. Burton, Josephine Burton, and Bettie Burton. Married to Julia Frisbie Burton in Wayne County on August 31, 1854. Father of Clementine Burton, Willette Burton, and Robert Burton. Teacher in Wayne County in 1850. Teacher in Monticello, Kentucky, in 1860. Police judge of Monticello in 1860.

Relationships Social: Charles Hayden Buster (Monticello, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Milton P. Buster (Monticello, KY, farmer, judge, senator for Wayne, Pulaski, and Clinton counties)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Wayne County, Division 1, p. 286B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Wayne County, Monticello, p. 230. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Wayne County Marriages, Film #, p.000591550, p. 113. The Miscellaneous Documents of the House of Representatives, 1859-1860, volume 4 (Washington: Thomas H. Ford, 1860), 613. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Wayne County Marriages, Film #000591550, p. 113. Charles Hayden Buster (Monticello, Kentucky, farmer) N00011688 1822-04-27 1869-07-01 Categories: People

Monticello, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary E. Ingram Buster in Wayne County, Kentucky, on November 8, 1841. Father of Nimrod Ingram Buster. Farmer in Wayne County in 1850. Farmer in Monticello in 1860. Owned nine enslaved persons in Wayne County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Frances N. Alexander (Captain in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment) Familial: Milton P. Buster (Monticello, KY, farmer, judge, senator for Wayne, Pulaski, and Clinton counties)

Wayne County, Kentucky, farmer and politician. Wayne County, Kentucky, native. Son of Charity Van Winkle Sallee and Peter Sallee. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky for Wayne County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Wayne County in 1860.

Relationships Military: Kentucky State Militia Military: United States Army Social: Hiram Bell (Wayne County, Kentucky, notary or soldier) Social: David Bell (Wayne County, Kentucky, justice of the peace) Social: Charles Hayden Buster (Monticello, Kentucky, farmer) Social: William M. Burton (Wayne Co, Ky, judge and teacher) Social: Stephen Vaughn (Wayne Co, Ky, farmer) Social: Rebecca Savage (Wayne County, Kentucky, housewife) Social: John Savage (Wayne County, Kentucky, farmer and basketmaker) Social: Milton P. Buster (Monticello, KY, farmer, judge, senator for Wayne, Pulaski, and Clinton counties)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Wayne County, Districts 1 and 6, p. 31. "John L Sallee (1813-1886)," Find A Grave, Memorial #39144640, accessed April 28, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39144640. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Covington, KY: Collins & Co., 1874), 754. Monticello, Kentucky P00005470 Categories: Places

Seat of Wayne County, Kentucky.

36.8298, -84.8491 “Monticello, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed March 3, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1988), 201. Wayne County, Kentucky P00004831 Categories: Places

County in south central Kentucky. Seat at Monticello.

36.8298, -84.8491 Gale Edwards, "Wayne County," in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 938-39. “Monticello, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed March 3, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. United States Army O00001186 1775 Categories: Organizations

The organization of infantry, cavalry, and artillery military units in the United States government. Commander(s): Winfield Scott, George B. McClellan, Henry W. Halleck, and Ulysses S. Grant.

Relationships Military: James Olney (possible U. S. soldier) Military: Joel Adams (Lincoln County, KY, farmer & pvt 19th KY Inf USA) Military: Joseph Innes (possible Lincoln County, KY, soldier) Military: Richard D. Cunningham (Colonel, U.S. Army) Military: Edward Baker, Jr. (Caldwell County, Kentucky, soldier and saloon owner) Military: Crawford C. Adams (Paulding County, Ohio, resident and soldier.) Military: 14th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A) Military: Office of the Quartermaster General of Kentucky Military: J. K. Edwards (Kentucky, aid to Bramletter, "colonel") Military: Jeremiah Tilford Boyle (Union general, Boyle Co, KY attorney, pres Lou City Railway Co) Military: Marcellus Mundy (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Louisville, Kentucky, attorney and soldier) Military: Army of the Ohio Military: Military District of Kentucky Military: Luther Thayer Thustin (Louisville US Army Paymaster) Military: Hartwell T. Burge (Muhlenberg, Kentucky, Meth minister; chaplain 3rd KY Cav; colonel 48th KY Inf; comd'r Dpt of OH 1864) Military: Alexander Magruder (Jefferson County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier) Military: Charles David Pennebaker (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney, KY state rep & senator; col 27th KY Inf USA & state military agent) Military: John F. Lay (Breckinridge, KY, soldier) Military: James Murrell Shackelford (Hopkins County, KY, attorney, colonel 25th Inf, 8th Ky Cav, and brig gen. in 1863) Military: Washington Seawell (Union Army, colonel and mustering officer) Military: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Military: Edmund A. Starling (Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, resident and Colonel (U.S.A.)) Military: 35th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war) Military: Thomas McCurdy Vincent (US Assistant adjutant general, Brigadier General (U.S.A.) ) Military: William Forman (Clark County, Kentucky, laborer and soldier.) Military: Presley Kimbrell (Powell County, Kentucky, carpenter and soldier.) Economic: William Bird Holeman (Frankfort City Marshal and KY Public Printer) Political: Government of the United States of America Military: Marion Larrison (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav) Military: John W. Houze (Switzerland County, Indiana, private 2nd IN Cav USA) Military: John Royalty (Barren County, Kentucky, barkeeper) Military: Henry W. Royalty (Barren County, KY, resident) Military: John Mason Marcus (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Military: Edward Davis Townsend (Assistant Adjutant General (U.S.Army)) Military: Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.) Military: Office of Quartermaster of U. S. Army Military: United States War Department Military: Horatio Phillips Van Cleve (Todd County, Minnesota, farmer and soldier (2nd Minn. and General U.S. A.)) Military: [Unknown] Johnson () Military: Wiley Taul Poynter (Clark County, Kentucky, farmer, banker, and soldier) Military: Lowdy Howard (Jefferson County, Kentucky, apprentice ship carpenter, tobacconist and soldier) Military: Thornton Williams (Scott County, Kentucky, soldier. Formerly enslaved by Urias Offutt, accused of attempted murder.) Political: Urias M. Offutt (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer. and slaveholder.) Military: Robert Crooke Wood (Washington D.C., assistant surgeon general, 1854-1865) Military: Madison Mills (New York County, New York, surgeon. US army medical director in St. Louis, MO) Military: Charles Carroll Gray (Ontario County, New York, surgeon. ) Military: Henry Wager Halleck (U.S. Army soldier) Military: Andrew Jackson Smith (United States Army career soldier and commander) Military: Thomas Harvey Harris (Jefferson County, Indiana, book rubber and soldier. Military mayor of Memphis, 1864-1865.) Military: Stephen Augustus Hurlbut (Belvidere, Illinois, lawyer, representative, and soldier) Military: Edward H. Green (Dearborn County, Indiana, attorney and soldier - Cpt. 11th Ky. Cav)

Richard W. Stewart, ed. American Military History (Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, 2009). Kentucky State Militia O00000916 1792 Categories: Organizations

The Kentucky State Militia consisted of two principal branches, active and enrolled. From its founding, the Commonwealth of Kentucky operated a county-based, universally enrolled militia consisting of all white males of military age. The active militia, consisting of volunteer companies, was organized in 1860 as the Kentucky State Guard.

Relationships Military: Alexander W. Nickell (Morgan County, Kentucky, farmer, laborer and soldier) Military: 65th Regiment of Kentucky Militia (U.S.A.) Military: Office of the Inspector General of Kentucky Military: Military Board of Kentucky Military: Sebastian C. Vick (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, carpenter and soldier.) Military: [Unknown] Mitchell (Mason County, Captain of State Guard Unit) Economic: John B. Lindsey (Versailles, Kentucky, farmer, paymaster & organizer for KY militia) Military: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Military: Samuel G. Suddarth (Adair Co, KY, atty, Quarter-master general of KY) Economic: James F. Tureman (Kenton County, KY, bookkeeper and Quartermaster 22nd Infty USA) Military: James F. Tureman (Kenton County, KY, bookkeeper and Quartermaster 22nd Infty USA) Economic: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Economic: William Stewart (Clerk for Kentucky Inspector General) Military: J. K. Edwards (Kentucky, aid to Bramletter, "colonel") Military: Thomas Hall (Washington County, KY, farmer and soldier) Military: James W. Wilkins (Hopkins County, Kentucky, merchant) Military: John H. Frost (Hopkins County, KY, farmer and pvt of 25th, corp thru capt 17th KY Infantry USA) Military: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Military: Goldman H. Goodman (Anderson County, KY, physician) Military: James A. Hawkins (Anderson County, KY, paymaster ) Military: William Morrison (Clinton County, KY, farmer) Military: William C. Wood (Clinton County, KY, farmer) Military: George W. Mathews (Anderson County, Kentucky, police judge) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Richard G. Stone, “Kentucky State Guard,” The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 513. Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky 1864-01-23 Correspondence 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.

Monticello 23. Jany 64 E L VanWinkle Esqr Dear Sir

I send the Commissions back might have known it would have to be done send them soon for ^4^ David Bell& Hiram Bell ^7^ this have all well Small pox in the county Stephen Vaughan on the South fork died l night before that with look for it to spread his brother came right from him to town yesterday to get shroud Some excitement over it still recruiting rapidly will this Battalion be mustered into theUnited States or State Service if the 1st and they are likely to be ordered off a mutinary will be the result keep them at home if possible our young man have all volunteered with the understanding They were for home defence if otherwise will have a bad effect the news of Judge Busters death was not unexpected to many but cast a gloom over his friends Judge Burton Sober for a month now nearly C H Buster poorly

Yours J L Sallee

Wayne Co J. P Appointed