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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-0001-007-0336 BR2-232

Jonathan Davis (Spencer County, Kentucky, farmer, politician, and judge) N00003306 1805-11-14 1878-01-09 Categories: People

Spencer County, Kentucky, farmer, politician, and judge. Kentucky native. Married to Susan S. Davis. Father of James Davis, Ann Davis, Vincent Davis, William Davis, Sarah Davis, Mary Davis, and Hamlet Davis. Member of the Democratic Party. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Spencer County in 1851. Farmer in Spencer County in 1860. Owned sixteen enslaved persons in 1860. Judge of the Spencer County Court in 1865.

Relationships Political: Samuel Bennett (Spencer County, Kentucky, solider, farmer, and justice of the peace) Political: S. Berkley May (Spencer County, Kentucky, farmer, delegate, and justice of the peace)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Spencer County, District 1, p. 35; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedule, Kentucky, Spencer County, District 1, p. 5; "Kentucky Legislature," The Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, Ky.), August 11, 1851, p. 3; "Spencer County" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), p. 840-42; Find A Grave, "Jonathan Davis (1805-1878)," Memorial #118749326, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=118749326&ref=acom (accessed March 31, 2017). S. Berkley May (Spencer County, Kentucky, farmer, delegate, and justice of the peace) N00003304 1821-03-18 1894-02-28 Categories: People

Spencer County, Kentucky, farmer, delegate, and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah May. Father of Catherine May. Delegate to the Kentucky Democratic Party Convention from Spencer County in 1858. Farmer in Spencer County in 1860. Justice of the Peace in Spencer County in 1864.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Spencer County, District 1, p. 33; "Democratic Meeting in Spencer," The Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, Ky.), November 8, 1858, p. 1; Find A Grave, "S. Berkley May (1821-1894)," Memorial #154795498, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=154795498&ref=acom (accessed March 31, 2017). Samuel Bennett (Spencer County, Kentucky, solider, farmer, and justice of the peace) N00003305 1795? 1864? Categories: People

Spencer County, Kentucky, solider, farmer, and justice of the peace. Virginia native. Married to Isabelle Bennett. Father of William Bennett. Private in Captain Joseph McClasky's Company of 10th Kentucky Mounted Militia from August 1813 to November 1813. Farmer in Spencer County in 1860. Justice of the Peace in Spencer County in 1864. Died in Spencer County in 1864.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Spencer County, District 1, p. 33; War of 1812 Pension Applications, Washington D.C.: National Archives, NARA Microfilm Publication M313, 102 rolls, Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group Number 15, WO 32187 and WC 21249. Spencer County, Kentucky P00001881 Categories: Places

County in central Kentucky. Seat at Taylorsville.

38.0317, -85.3425 "Spencer County" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber, (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 841-42. "Taylorsville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 29, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. 1864-12-21 Correspondence English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 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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Dec 21. 1864,

I Jona Davis presiding Judge of Spencer County do hereby recommend Berkley May as a suitable man to be appointed as a magistrate in the place of Saml Bennett Decd in the 4th voting precinct

Jon Davis Presiding Judge of spencer County Court,

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Spencer County vs Justice of the Peace Berkley May apptd21st Dec/64