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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-0001-007-0368 BR2-276

New York, New York County, New York Christian Von Hesse (New York City, New York, attorney and commissioner of deeds) N00004998 1825-09-03 1893-03-18 Categories: People

New York City, New York, attorney and commissioner of deeds. Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, native. Attorney in New York City in 1865. Commissioner of deeds for Kentucky in New York City in 1865.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedule, New York, New York City, Ward 18, District 2, p. 21; KYR-0001-007-0353. William S. Opdyke (New York City, New York, attorney and notary public) N00006548 1836-10-06 1922-10-20 Categories: People

New York City, New York, attorney and notary public. New York native. Son of George Opdyke and Elizabeth Opdyke. Married to Margaret Opdyke. Attorney in New York City in 1860. Notary public in New York City in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Christian Von Hesse (New York City, New York, attorney and commissioner of deeds)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, New York, New York, Ward 18, District 2, p. 154-55.; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedule, New Jersey, Bergen County, Hackensack, p. 140; Find A Grave, "William Stryker Opdyke (1836-1922)," Memorial #101727022, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=OP&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=33&GScntry=4&GSsr=441&GRid=101727022& (accessed May 24, 2017). New York P001007 Categories: Places

State in the northeast United States. Capital at Albany. Located on the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean.

42.6526, -73.7562 Alan K. Campbell and Paul Joseph Scudlere, "New York," Encyclopedia Britannica, accessed May 22, 2017, https://www.britannica.com/place/New-York-state. "Albany, New York," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed May 22, 2017, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. New York City, New York P00002569 Categories: Places

City in New York County, New York. Located at the confluence of the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean.

40.7128, -74.0059 George Lankevich, "New York City" in Encyclopedia Britannica, accessed May 22, 2017, https://www.britannica.com/place/New-York-City. “New York, New York," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed April 15, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. 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. New York, New York County, New York 1865-02-13 Legal/Financial English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": 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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State of New York City & County of New York } Ss:

I, Christian Von Hesse do solemnly swear, that I will well and truly execute and perform all the duties of the office of a Commissioner of Deeds for the State of Kentucky, within the State of New York, So help me God

Christianvon Hesse

C, V, H, Febr 13 1865

Sworn to before me this 13th day of February 1865

W. S. Opdyke Notary Public New York County

WILLIAM S. OPDYKE NOTARY PUBLIC NEW YORK

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Comr Deeds New York Oath of C. Von Jesse filed 20th Feby 1865