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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-0001-007-0369 BR2-277

Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Joshua Spering (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, attorney, commissioner of deeds, and councilman) N00002560 1816? 1873? Categories: People

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, attorney, commissioner of deeds, and councilman. Pennsylvania native. Married to Eleanor Spering. Father of Sallie Spering, Elizabeth Spering, Emily Spering, Ellen Spering, and Alfred Spering. Attorney in Philadelphia in 1860. Commissioner of deeds for the Commonwealth of Kentucky in Pennsylvania from 1861 to 1865. Member of the Select Council of Philadelphia from 1865 to 1868. Member of the Republican Party.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: Thomas Bell Monroe, Jr. (Frankfort, KY, sec state Aug 30, 1859-Oct 1, 1861attorney, politician, CSA major)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Ward 10, p. 48. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Ward 10, District 29, p. 77-78. "The New Select Council," The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pa.), October 11, 1865, p. 1. Find A Grave_, "Joshua Spering (1816-1873)," Memorial #150893490, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150893490 (accessed May 8, 2017). KYR-0001-007-0369. KYR-0001-017-0087. John White (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, alderman) N00005453 1810? Categories: People

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, alderman. Native of Ireland. Married to Mary White. Father of Theresa White, John White, and Andrew White. Alderman for the 5th Ward in Philadelphia in 1860 and 1865.

Relationships Political: Joshua Spering (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, attorney, commissioner of deeds, and councilman)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Ward 5, Northern Division, p. 120; KYR-0001-007-0369. Pennsylvania P001006 Categories: Places

State in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States. Capital at Harrisburg. Located on Lake Erie and the Delaware River.

40.2737, -76.8844 Carol Lewis Thompson and E. Willard Miller, "Pennsylvania," Encyclopedia Britannica, accessed May 22, 2017, https://www.britannica.com/place/Pennsylvania-state. "Harrisburg, Pennsylvania," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed September 22, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania P00001701 Categories: Places

Seat of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Located at the confluence of the Delaware River and Schuylkill River.

39.9523, -75.1638 "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 20, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Sylvester K. Stevens, John B. B. Trussell, and Mathew S. Magda, "Philadelphia," Encyclopedia Britannica, accessed June 6, 2017, https://www.britannica.com/place/Philadelphia. 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. Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania 1865-02-17 Legal/Financial English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": 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 Pennsylvania City & County of Philada } Ss.

Joshua Spering being duly sworn according to law, doth say, that he will well and truly execute and perform all the duties of the office of Commissioner of Deeds for the State of Kentucky

Joshua Spering

Sworn to and subscribed before me February 17-- 1865--

John White An alderman and ex officio Justice of the Peace--

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Pennsylvania Comr Deeds Oath of Joshua Spering Filed 20th Feby 1865