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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-0001-007-0398 BR2-313

New York, New York County, New York Lewis Hurst (Brooklyn (Kings Co), New York, attorney and commissioner of deeds) N00005617 1824-08-17 1910-12-27 Categories: People

Kings County, New York, attorney and commissioner of deeds. New York native. Married to Mary E. Hurst. Father of Lewis Hurst, Mary Hurst, Josephine Hurst, Arthur Hurst, and Werner Hurst. Attorney in Brooklyn, New York, in 1860. Member of the Board of Directors of the Kings County Fire Insurance Company in 1860. Commissioner of deeds for the Commonwealth of Kentucky in New York in 1865.

Relationships Political: James W. Tate ("Honest Dick" Asst. Sec of State 1859-1863) Legal: State of New York

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, New York, Kings County, Brooklyn, Ward 11, District 2, p. 184. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedule, New York, Kings County, Brooklyn, Ward 20, p. 153B. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, NewYork), February 22, 1860, p. 4. Find A Grave, “Lewis Hurst (1824-1910)," Memorial # 110268784, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110268784/lewis-hurst (accessed April 15, 2021). James R. Page (Frankfort, KY, merchant, capt 9th KY Cav USA & asst. sec. state) N001778 1827? 1875? Categories: People

Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant, soldier, and statesman. New York native. Married to Susan Page in 1850. Father of Isaac R. Page, Henry C. Page, and John H. Page. Married to Mary T. Hodges Page in Franklin County, Kentucky, on December 8, 1858. Father of James R. Page, Albert M. Page, and Lizzie D. Page. Clerk in Frankfort in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1850. Merchant in Frankfort in 1860. Served in the 9th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a captain and major from August 22, 1862, to February 14, 1863. Assistant Secretary of State under Ephraim L. Van Winkle, who served from September 1, 1863, to May 23, 1866.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District N. 1, p. 39B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District No. 2, p. 914. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, pp. 241-42. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Richland County, Denver Township, p. 517B. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0098. “Decoration Day,” The Frankfort Roundabout (Frankfort, KY), May 28, 1892, p. 3. "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 – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll 994034, Franklin County Marriages. "Memorandum," The Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, KY), May 31, 1867, p. 1. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 228-29, 251. 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/. Brooklyn, Kings County, New York P00005611 Categories: Places

Located on Long Island in Kings County, New York. Located on the East River, the New York Bay, and the Atlantic Ocean.

40.6782, -73.9442 "Brooklyn" in Encyclopedia Britannica, (https://www.britannica.com/place/Brooklyn-borough-New-York-City) (accessed May 10, 2017). 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 1865-03-23 Correspondence 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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New York March 23rd 65 Dr Sir

Your communication respecting my re-appointment as commissioner for Kentucky is before me I herewith enclose $5. Statute fee. I reside in Brooklyn but have my office in N. Y. City just across the river --

Please send commission and oblige Yours Very Respty Lewis Hurst

Jas B Page Ass't Sect'ry of State

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New York Comr Deeds Wm Hurst Lewis Hurst comd14th Mch/65 Re