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San Francisco, San Francisco County, California Charles James Brenham (San Francisco, California, notary public and commissioner of deeds) N00014967 1817-11-06 1875-05-10 Categories: People

San Francisco, California, mayor, notary public, and commissioner of deeds. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth "Betty" Adair Brenham. Father of Louisa Brenham, Robert Brenham, Mary Brenham, and Betty Brenham. Mayor of San Francisco, California, from May 5, 1851, to December 31, 1851. Mayor of San Francisco from November 10, 1852, to October 2, 1853. Commissioner of deeds for the Commonwealth of Kentucky in San Francisco from 1857 to 1865. Notary public in San Francisco in 1860. Employed Margaret Mulkeen as a nurse in San Francisco in 1860. Employed Kate Nicholston as a cook in San Francisco in 1860. Notary public in San Francisco in 1861.

Relationships Political: State of California Political: City and County of San Francisco Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Familial: Thomas Noble Lindsey (Frankfort, Kentucky, attorney, politician, and paymaster general) Legal: Erastus Volney Joice (San Francisco County, California, public notary)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, California, San Francisco County, San Francisco, District 2, p. 673. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, California, San Francisco County, San Francisco, Ward 11, p. 561A. William F. Heintz, San Francisco's Mayors: 1850–1880, From the Gold Rush to the Silver Bonanza, (Woodside, CA: Gilbert Roberts Publications, 1975). "Notice of Sale of Real Estate at Private Sale" Placer Herald, (Rocklin, CA) June 23, 1900, p. 7. San Francisco Directory and Business Guide, 1861-1862, ed. Henry G. Langley (San Francisco: Henry G. Langley, 1861), 77. San Francisco Directory and Business Guide, 1862-1863, ed. Henry G. Langley (San Francisco: Henry G. Langley, 1862), 444. The San Francisco Directory for the Year Commencing October, 1863, ed. Henry G. Langley (San Francisco: Henry G. Langley, 1863), 77. The San Francisco Directory for the Year Commencing October, 1864, ed. Henry G. Langley (San Francisco: Henry G. Langley, 1864), 451. The San Francisco Directory for the Year Commencing October, 1865, ed. Henry G. Langley (San Francisco: Henry G. Langley, 1865), 92. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Louisville, Ky, Adair, National #7304, State #104. "Charles James Brenham (1817-1875)," Find A Grave, Memorial #106709339, accessed July 8, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106709339. "San Francisco Mayors," City and County of San Francisco, December 3, 2003, Archive.org, accessed July 8, 2021, https://web.archive.org/web/20031203021947/http://www.sfgov.org/site/mainpages_index.asp?id=21117. KYR-0001-017-0148. James W. Tate ("Honest Dick" Asst. Sec of State 1859-1863) N00001223 1831-01-02 Categories: People

Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer, post office clerk, and state official. Franklin County, Kentucky, native. Son of Thomas L. Tate and Nancy Taylor Tate. Married to Lucy J. Hawkins Tate in Woodford County, Kentucky, on June 3, 1856. Father of Howard S. Tate and Edmonia Tate. Clerk of the U.S. Post Office in Frankfort, Franklin County, in 1848. Farmer in Franklin County in 1850. Assistant secretary of state of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1854 to 1855 and from 1859 to 1863. Owned two enslaved persons in Frankfort in 1860. Assistant clerk of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1865 to 1867.

Relationships Political: Benjamin F. Graves (Lexington, Kentucky, attorney, judge, and politician.) Political: John Cawein (Louisville restaurant owner and merchant) Political: Thomas Sullivan (Louisville, Jefferson Co) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: George W. Thompson (Parke County, Indiana, merchant, attorney, deed commissioner, and court clerk) Political: William Alexander (Brandenburg, Meade Co. lawyer) Political: James F. Overton (Meade Co. Ky miller) Political: Enos Keith (Meade Co, Ky) Political: Alexander Bell Patrick (Breathitt Co & Cir Ct Clerk, private CSA) Political: Joshua Spering (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, attorney, commissioner of deeds, and councilman) Economic: Joshua Spering (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, attorney, commissioner of deeds, and councilman) Political: Theodore Dehon Rand (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soldier and attorney) Political: Oscar J. Somes (McCracken County, Kentucky, bank teller and capt 3rd Ky Inf (C.S.A)) Political: Josiah Stoddard Byers (McCracken County, Kentucky, bookstore clerk, midshipman, captain 3rd Ky Inf CSA) Political: Commercial Bank of Kentucky Political: Executive Department, Kentucky (U.S.A.) Political: Thomas Dugan (Portsmouth, Ohio, banker and commissioner of deeds) Political: Charles James Brenham (San Francisco, California, notary public and commissioner of deeds) Political: Theodore M. Morgan (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, businessman and commissioner, captain 98th NY Inf USA) Political: State Department of Kentucky Political: Joseph Tucker (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, resident) Political: Daniel Carmichael Wickliffe (Lexington, Kentucky, attorney, editor and secretary of state) Political: Office of the Secretary of State of Kentucky Political: John G. Douglass (Cincinnati, Ohio, attorney and commissioner of deeds) Legal: John Marshall Harlan (Kentucky atty general, colonel 10th Ky Inf (USA), and attorney)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 22B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort District No. 1, p. 259. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort District No. 1, p. 491B. James C. Klotter, "Tate, James W." in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 867-68. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994058, Woodford County Marriages. San Francisco, California P00006526 Categories: Places

City and county of San Francisco, California. The city and county were coexistent in 1856. Located on the Pacific Ocean.

37.775, -122.4194 Gladys Cox Hansen, Kenneth Lamott, and Barnaby Conrad, "San Francisco," Encyclopedia Britannica, accessed May 23, 2017, https://www.britannica.com/place/San-Francisco-California. "San Francisco, California," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed September 22, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. California P00002428 Categories: Places

State in the far western United States. Capital at Sacramento. Located on the Pacific Ocean.

38.5816, -121.4944 Gregory Lewis McNamee and Neil Morgan, "California" in Encyclopedia Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/place/California-state (accessed on May 25, 2017). USGS: Earth Explorer, “Sacramento, California," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on April 15, 2021). Frankfort, Kentucky P00000308 Categories: Places

Capital of Kentucky. Seat of Franklin County, Kentucky. Located on the Kentucky River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 16, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 108. 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). 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. San Francisco, San Francisco County, California 1861-06-14 Correspondence 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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San Francisco. Cal June 14 1861. Dear Sir

I have to acknowledge your favor, enclosing my Commission, as Commissioner for the State of Kentucky.

Enclosed please find my oath of office and the fee ($5) five dollars.

My signature and seal are already, on file in your office

Respectfully Yr obt sevt C J Brenham.

To Jas W Tate Esq Asst. Screty of State Frankfort Ky