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November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Civil Appointments, 1859-1862 KYR-0001-017-0103 MG3-473

Morgan County, Kentucky John G. Gillmore (Morgan County, Kentucky, marshal & justice of the peace) N00014350 1822? 1861? Categories: People

Morgan County, Kentucky, marshall and justice of the peace. Virginia native. Married to Pernissa Gillmore. Father of Emma J. Gillmore and James J. Gillmore. Marshall of West Liberty District in Morgan County, Kentucky, in 1860. Justice of the peace of West Liberty District in Morgan County in 1861. Died in Morgan County in 1861.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Morgan County, District 1, p. 554. KYR-0001-017-0103. William H. Burns (Morgan County, KY, judge ) N00012336 1816-07-12 1884 Categories: People

Morgan County, Kentucky, judge. Virginia native. Married to Mary M. Burns. Father of Harrison Burns, Wallace Burns, Oliver Burns, and Ann Burns. Attorney in Morgan County in 1850. Owned nine enslaved persons in Morgan County in 1850. Judge in the 11th Judicial District of Kentucky in 1860. Owned eleven enslaved persons in Morgan County in 1860. Judge in Kentucky in 1861.

Relationships Legal: Cyrus Alley (Morgan County, Kentucky, deputy county court clerk) Legal: William H. Taulbee (Morgan County, Kentucky, farmer, county? court clerk, pvt, sgt maj, 2nd lieut 5th Ky Inf CSA) Legal: Morgan County Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Morgan County, p. 174A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Morgan County, p. 2. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Morgan County, District 1, p. 554. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Morgan County, District 1, p. 90A. Find A Grave, "William Harvey Burns (1816-1884)," Memorial 70070054, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70070054 (accessed March 23, 2020). KYR-0001-020-1429. George D. Phillips (Morgan County, Kentucky, farmer) N00014354 1811? Categories: People

Morgan County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Mary Cassity Phillips in Morgan County, Kentucky, on April 21, 1846. Father of George W. Phillips, Mary Phillips, Moses Alonzo Phillips, and William Phillips. Stepfather of Thomas Cassity, Peter Cassity, Margaret Cassity, and Josephine Cassity. Farmer in Morgan County in 1850. Employed Thomas Casity and Peter Casity as laborers in Morgan County in 1850. Appointed postmaster of West Liberty on December 23, 1856. Farmer in Morgan County in 1860. Employed George W. Phillips as a laborer in Morgan County in 1860. Recommended for office of Justice of the Peace in West Liberty District of Morgan County on March 13, 1861.

Relationships Political: William H. Taulbee (Morgan County, Kentucky, farmer, county? court clerk, pvt, sgt maj, 2nd lieut 5th Ky Inf CSA) Political: Cyrus Alley (Morgan County, Kentucky, deputy county court clerk) Political: William H. Burns (Morgan County, KY, judge )

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Morgan County, p. 174A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Morgan County, District 2, p. 439-40. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Morgan County, West Liberty, p. 321A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Morgan County Marriages, Film #000839918, p. 17. Record of Appointment of Postmasters (1832-1791), Records of the Post Office Department, NARA RG 28, Microfilm Series M841, Morgan County, Kentucky, vol. 14, p. 184 of 579 of microfilm (accessed on Ancestry.com). KYR-0001-017-0103. George "Simpson" Steel (Morgan County, Kentucky, farmer) N00014355 1814? Categories: People

Morgan County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Catharine Armstrong Steel in Morgan County, Kentucky, on January 28, 1839. Father of Emaline Steel Harris, Mahlon Steel, Mary A. Steel, Sarah Steel Dixon, Rosa A. Steel Adams, John Steel, Cynthia Steel, Elizabeth Steel, Millie Steel, Meshack Steel, and James Steel. Laborer in Morgan County in 1850. Farmer in Morgan County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Morgan County, p. 171A-B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Morgan County, District 1, p. 549. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Morgan County, West Liberty, p. 325B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Morgan County Marriages, Film #000839918, p. 50. Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1965), KDLA, Film 7020436: All Counties: Morgan County, 1937, File #24524, p. 929 of 3309 of microfilm. William H. Taulbee (Morgan County, Kentucky, farmer, county? court clerk, pvt, sgt maj, 2nd lieut 5th Ky Inf CSA) N00014353 1824-06-25 1905-03-17 Categories: People

Morgan County, Kentucky, farmer, court clerk, and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Mary A. Taulbee in 1849. Father of John A. Taulbee, William P. Taulbee, Nancy E. Taulbee, Samuel H. Taulbee, Jackson B. Taulbee, Clarinda Taulbee, James M. Taulbee, and Mary E. Taulbee. Laborer in Morgan County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Morgan County in 1860. County court clerk in Morgan County in 1861. Served in the 5th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (C.S.A) as a private, sergeant major, and second lieutenant from October 25, 1861, to October 20, 1862.

Relationships Political: Morgan County Court Political: William H. Burns (Morgan County, KY, judge ) Legal: Nathan Asbury Brown (Morgan County, Kentucky, postmaster, farmer, 2nd lieut & maj 45th KY Inf USA) Legal: Morgan County Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Morgan County, p. 111A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Morgan County, District 2, p. 341. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Morgan County, Caney, p. 350B. Twelfth Manuscript Census of the United States (1900), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Morgan County, District 3, p. 723B. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0066. Find A Grave, "William Harrison Taulbee (1824-1905)," Memorial #133872683, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133872683 (accessed April 26, 2021). KYR-0001-017-0103. Cyrus Alley (Morgan County, Kentucky, deputy county court clerk) N00014351 1838-05-03 1911-06-20 Categories: People

Morgan County, Kentucky, deputy court clerk. Kentucky native. Married to Nancy C. Hazelrigg in Morgan County, Kentucky, on September 12, 1860. Father of Benjamin Alley and Kate Alley. Deputy county court clerk in Morgan County in 1860. Deputy county court clerk in Morgan County in 1861.

Relationships Political: Morgan County Court Political: William H. Taulbee (Morgan County, Kentucky, farmer, county? court clerk, pvt, sgt maj, 2nd lieut 5th Ky Inf CSA) Political: John G. Gillmore (Morgan County, Kentucky, marshal & justice of the peace) Political: William H. Burns (Morgan County, KY, judge ) Legal: William H. Taulbee (Morgan County, Kentucky, farmer, county? court clerk, pvt, sgt maj, 2nd lieut 5th Ky Inf CSA) Legal: Nathan Asbury Brown (Morgan County, Kentucky, postmaster, farmer, 2nd lieut & maj 45th KY Inf USA) Legal: Morgan County Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Morgan County, District 1, p. 555. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rowan County, Morehead, p. 119A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Morgan County Marriages, Film #000839918, p. 189. Find A Grave, "Cyrus Alley (1838-1911)," Memorial #75605139, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75605139 (accessed April 26, 2021). KYR-0001-017-0103. Kentucky P001800 Categories: Places

State in the upper south of the United States. Capital at Frankfort. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 14, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992). Morgan County, Kentucky P00005286 Categories: Places

County in eastern Kentucky. Seat at West Liberty, Kentucky.

37.9146, -83.2934 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1988), 202. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Morgan County, Kentucky" https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on April 16, 2020). West Liberty, Kentucky P00005290 Categories: Places

Seat of Morgan County, Kentucky.

37.9215, -83.2596 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1988), 312. USGS: Earth Explorer, “West Liberty, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on March 3, 2020). Morgan County Court O00000669 Categories: Organizations

Located in West Liberty, in Morgan County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): R. T. Day. Clerk(s): William H. Taulbee, James S. Turner, J. T. Hazelrigg, and W. T. Havens.

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1860,” in 1861 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 289. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861,” in 1862 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-08. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862,” in 1863 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 24 (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 298-306. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863,” in 1864 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 10 (Frankfort, Ky.: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-06. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864,” in 1865 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 9-12. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865,” in 1865/66 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 9-12. “Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1866,” in 1867 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-50. Morgan County, Kentucky 1861-02 Order 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.

state of Kentucky } Febuay Term 1861 Morgan County } Sct

It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that the office of Justice of the peace in the West Liberty District No "4." is vacated by the death of J G Gillmore Esqr It is their fore ordered by the Judgeof said Court that G. D. Phillips& G. S. Steel to be Recommended as suitable persons to fill said vacancy till the next Regular Election

A copy

Att Wm H. Taulbee clk

ByC Alley D.C

Morgan Co

J. P. Dist No 4 G. D. Philips

Issue Commission

IssdMar 13 1861