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Jefferson County, Kentucky Andrew Monroe (Jefferson County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) N00004897 1820? 1868? Categories: People

Jefferson County, Kentucky, attorney and judge. Frankfort, Kentucky, native. Son of Judge Ben Monroe. Attorney in Louisville, Kentucky, from 1852 to 1855. Member of the Louisville City Council for the 5th Ward from 1856 to 1857. President of the Louisville Board of Councilmen in 1857. Judge of the Jefferson County Court from 1858 to 1866. Mentioned in the Provisional Government of the State of Kentucky Journal on December 11, 1861 as a delegate option for Provisional Congress.

Relationships Political: Abraham R. Groves, Sr. (Jefferson County, Kentucky, physician, farmer, and justice of the peace) Legal: Franklin Gorin (Jefferson Co, Ky, attorney) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: T. E. Dennis (Louisville, Kentucky) Political: Joseph Clement (Jefferson County, Kentucky, attorney and justice of the peace) Political: William Emmett Simms (Kentucky Confederate soldier and politician) Political: Thomas Johnson (Montgomery Co, KY, farmer, prov Congress, maj & lt col KY Mounted Rifles CSA) Political: Provisional Congress of the Confederate States of America Political: Confederate States of America Political: Provisional Council Political: George W. Morris (Jefferson County, Kentucky, merchant and justice of the peace) Political: Charles M. Thruston (Jefferson County, Kentucky, court clerk and ageny) Legal: Charles M. Thruston (Jefferson County, Kentucky, court clerk and ageny)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, 6th Ward City of Louisville, p. 119. "Andrew Monroe" in The Encyclopedia of Louisville, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2001), 625. "Judge Andrew Monroe," The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, Ky.), May 29, 1868, p. 4. KYR-0004-033-0023. Charles M. Thruston (Jefferson County, Kentucky, court clerk and ageny) N00015419 1832-12-24 1888-04 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, court clerk and agent. Kentucky native. Son of Charles M. Thruston. Married to Leonora Keller Thruston in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on February 6, 1862. County court clerk in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned one enslaved person in Jefferson County in 1850. County court clerk in Jefferson County in 1858. County court clerk in Jefferson County in 1861. Agent in Jefferson County in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 7, p. 352 B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 7, p. 864. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994040, Jefferson County Marriages, p. 89. Registers and Indexed for Passport Applications, 1810-1906 NARA RG 59, Microfilm Series M1371, Roll 282, Jefferson County, Kentucky, 1886, No. 6184. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War) NARA RG 110, Jefferson County, KY, July 1863, p. 371. “New Company of Home Guards,”The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), Aug. 8, 1861. “News Condensed,”Interior Standard (Stanford, Ky.), Apr. 24, 1888. Louisville City Directory and Business Mirror for 1858-1859 (Louisville: Hurd & Burrows, 1859), 174. Penfield A. N. Bradley (Louisville, Kentucky, printer) N00015392 1831-02-22 1867-03-24 Categories: People

Louisville, Kentucky, printer. Tennessee native. Married to Heathey E. Potter Bradley in Louisville, Kentucky, on September 7, 1857. Father of Mary E. Bradley and Jola Bradley. Printer in Louisville, Kentucky in 1858. Printer in Louisville in 1860. Printer in Louisville in 1861.

Relationships Political: Charles M. Thruston (Jefferson County, Kentucky, court clerk and ageny) Political: Andrew Monroe (Jefferson County, Kentucky, attorney and judge)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 4, p. 87. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994040, Jefferson County Marriages, p. 33. Louisville City Directory and Business Mirror for 1858-1859 (Louisville: Hurd & Burrows, 1859), 32. "Penfield A. N. Bradley (1831-1867)," Find A Grave, Memorial #84367972, accessed August 18, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84367972. Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 39. George W. Morris (Jefferson County, Kentucky, merchant and justice of the peace) N00014945 1823-01-27 1907-01-02 Categories: People

Jefferson County, Kentucky, merchant and justice of the peace. Native of Gloucester, England. Son of John Morris and Elizabeth Morris. Married to Caroline A. Wallace Morris in July 1848. Father of William B. Morris, Carrie Bell Morris, Louisa W. Morris, George W. Morris, Jr., John S. Morris, and William Morris. Merchant in Troy, New York, in 1838. Clerk in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1846. Bookkeeper employed by Emery, Low, & Co. in Louisville from 1846 to 1848. Merchant employed by Fonda, Moore, & Co. wholesale grocery in Louisville from 1848 to 1851. Merchant employed by Fonda & Morris wholesale grocery in Jefferson County from 1851 to 1867. Member and president of the board of trustees of the University of Louisville and public schools of Louisville from 1851 to 1863. President of the board of trade in Louisville from 1860 to 1862. Justice of the peace in Jefferson County in 1861. Member of the common council in Jefferson County in 1864.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: Andrew Monroe (Jefferson County, Kentucky, attorney and judge)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Lousiville, p. 264B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, p. 528. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, p. 50A. W. H. Perrin, J. H. Battle, and G. C. Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State, 8th ed. (Louisville and Chicago: F. A. Battey and Company, 1888), 853-54. "George W. Morris (1823-1907)," Find A Grave, Memorial #108753543, accessed July 6, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/108753543. KYR-0001-017-0133. Jefferson County, Kentucky P001005 Categories: Places

County in north central Kentucky. Seat at Louisville. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2542, -85.7594 George H. Yater, "Jefferson County," in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 464-67. "Louisville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 23, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Louisville, Kentucky P00000337 Categories: Places

Seat of Jefferson County, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River.

38.2527, -85.7585 "Louisville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed June 12, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 179. 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. Jefferson County Court O001839 Categories: Organizations

Located in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): Andrew Monroe. Clerk(s): Charles M. Thruston and T. Jackson Conn.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-50. Edwards’ Annual Directory...in the City of Louisville for 1865-6, ed. Edwards, Greenough, & Deved (Louisville: Maxwell & Co., 1866), 155. J. D. Campbell’s Louisville Business Directory for 1864, ed. J. D. Campbell (Louisville: L. A. Civill, Publisher, Bookseller, Printer and Bookbinder, 1864), 70. Tanner’s Louisville Directory, and Business Advertiser for 1861, ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 323-24. Jefferson County, Kentucky Legal/Financial English Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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We Andrew Monroe and Ch M Thruston duly authorized to compare the Poll Books for the County of Jefferson do certify that, at an election held in the 2d District composed of the 3' & 4' Wards of the city of Louisville in said county on the 4' day of May 1861. P. A. N. Bradley Received one hundred and Sixty votes in said District for the office of Justice of the Peace in and for Jefferson County there being no votes cast for any other person for said office to fill the vacancy of George Morris Esq resigned

Ch M Thruston clk Jeff Co Ky

There was a vacancy in the office but no writ of election had issued

Andrew Monroe Judge Jefferson Co Court