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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-0001-007-0370 BR2-278

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Chatham T. Ewing (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, attorney, soldier, and commissioner of deeds) N00004966 1839-01-30 1892-07-22 Categories: People

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, attorney, soldier, and commissioner of deeds. New Lisbon, Ohio, native. Married to Ella Wheeler Ewing. Law Student in Pittsburgh in 1860. Attorney in Pittsburgh in 1862. Captain of Ewing's Battery of Light Artillery in Pittsburgh from 1862 to 1864. Resumed law practice in Pittsburgh in 1865. Commissioner of deeds for the Commonwealth of Kentucky in Pennsylvania in 1865.

Relationships Legal: Jacob H. Walter (West Deer, Pennsylvania, merchant and prothonotary)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, Ward 7, p. 50; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedule, Iowa, Polk County, Valley Township, p. 11; "Chatham T Ewing," Pittsburgh Dispatch (Pittsburgh, Pa.), July 29, 1892, p. 4; Directory of Pittsburgh and Allegheny Cities, 1862-63 (Pittsburgh: George H. Hurston, printer, 1862), 86; Directory of Pittsburgh and Allegheny Cities, 1864-65 (Pittsburgh: George H. Hurston, printer, 1864), 91; Directory of Pittsburgh and Allegheny Cities, 1862-63 (Pittsburgh: George H. Hurston, printer, 1862), 116; Find A Grave, "Captain Chatham T. Ewing (1839-1892)," Memorial #10066660, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10066660&ref=acom (accessed May 4, 2017). Jacob H. Walter (West Deer, Pennsylvania, merchant and prothonotary) N00005346 1835? Categories: People

West Deer, Pennsylvania, merchant and prothonotary. Pennsylvania native. Married to Lillian A. Walters. Father of Maria L. Walters and Lincoln Walters. Merchant in West Deer, Pennsylvania, in 1860. Prothonotary of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas in 1860 and 1865.

Relationships Political: Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, West Deer, p. 41.; Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedule, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, Ward 8, p. 106. 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/. Allegheny County, Pennsylvania P00004916 Categories: Places

Seat at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

40.4406, -79.9959 "Allegheny County" in Encyclopedia Britannica, (https://www.britannica.com/place/Allegheny) (accessed May 2, 2017). 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 Court of Common Pleas O00005350 1722? Categories: Organizations

Established by the Judiciary Act of 1722 by the Pennsylvania Colonial Assembly and organized by county. Reorganized into districts under the new constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1790 and headed by president judges.

The Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania, "History," (http://www.pacourts.us/learn/history) (accessed May 8, 2017). Allegheny County, Pennsylvania 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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I, Chatham T. Ewing of the State of Pennsylvania & County of Alleghenysolemnly swear that I will well & truly perform the duties of commissioner of Deeds for the State of Kentucky to the best of my ability --

Chatham T. Ewing.

State of Pennsylvania Allegheny County -- } ss

Before me Jacob H WalterProthonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the State & County above named, came the above named Chatham T. Ewing who being duly sworn according to law made the foregoing affidavit and acknowledged his signature to be genuine. In witness whereof I have hereinto signed my name & affixed my official Seal

SEAL OF COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

Jacob H Walter Pro

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Comr Deeds Oath of C. T. Ewing Pennsylvania filed 9th Feby 1865