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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-0001-017-0186 MG4-92

Franklin County, Kentucky Franklin Bryan Chinn (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) N00015069 1800-01-01 1876-08-10 Categories: People

Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of William Chinn and Sarah Bryan Chinn. Married to Mary Scott Chinn in 1827. Father of William L. Chinn, Amanda Chinn French, and Mary Chinn. Married Anne Bell Wells Chinn in 1835. Father of Sarah J. Chinn, Anna E. Chinn, Clement Bell Chinn, and Franklin Chinn. Resident in Henry County, Kentucky, in 1830. Owned three enslaved persons in Henry County in 1830. Resident in Franklin County in 1840. Owned five enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1840. Farmer in Franklin County in 1850. Owned eight enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1850. Farmer in Franklin County in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1860.

Relationships Political: George W. Howe (Franklin County, Kentucky, wagon maker, postmaster, and justice of the peace) Political: Harry Innes Todd, Sr. (Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant and penitentiary keeper) Political: Alexander Hueston Rennick (Franklin County, Kentucky, court clerk) Legal: Franklin County Court Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Fifth Manuscript Census of the United States (1830), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, p. 297. Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, North Division, p. 323. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 21B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 847. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 167. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 217. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 481A. Jesse Procter Crump, A Biographical Sketch of Daniel Boone, the Pioneer (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1974), 129, 192. "Franklin Bryan Chinn (1800-1876)," Find A Grave, Memorial #102204890, accessed July 15, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102204890. Alexander Hueston Rennick (Franklin County, Kentucky, court clerk) N00001633 1791-08-25 1871-12-18 Categories: People

Franklin County, Kentucky, court clerk. Mercer County, Kentucky, native. Son of John Rennick and Mary Hueston Rennick. Married to Letitia Lee Rennick. Father of Mary Rennick Todd, Eliza Rennick, Catherine Rennick Mongtomery, Alisonia Rennick Todd, Louisa Rennick Milton, Willis Lee Rennick, John Alexander Rennick, Thomas Todd Rennick, Henry Swigert Rennick. Served in the United States Army in the War of 1812. Franklin County Court Deputy Clerk from 1817 to 1834. Franklin County Court Clerk from 1834 to 1870.

Relationships Social: Warren Parker (Franklin County) Political: City Council of Frankfort Political: John J. Quinn (Franklin County carriage maker, Justice of the Peace, and Frankfort Police Judge) Political: George W. Gwin (Frankfort, KY, mayor & councilman, merchant, JP) Political: James Madison Todd (Frankfort, Kentucky, postmaster, grocer, and commissioner) Social: John Jordan Crittenden (Franklin Co, KY, Representative, Senator, & former KY Governor) Political: George W. Howe (Franklin County, Kentucky, wagon maker, postmaster, and justice of the peace) Political: Franklin Bryan Chinn (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Harry Innes Todd, Sr. (Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant and penitentiary keeper)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, District 1, p. 237. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 143A. “The Rennicks,” Register of Kentucky State Historical Society 2 (January 1904), p. 71-72. "Col Alexander Hueston Rennick (1791-1871)," Find A Grave, Memorial #84171652, accessed March 27, 2017, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=84171652. Harry Innes Todd, Sr. (Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant and penitentiary keeper) N00000230 1818? 1891-05 Categories: People

Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant, sheriff, and penitentiary keeper. Kentucky native. Married to Jane B. Todd. Father of Harriet D. Todd, Ann Innes Todd, John H. Todd, Chapman C. Todd, Harry Innes Todd, Jr., Julia R. Todd, Maria Todd, George Todd, Jennie L. Todd, Mary H. Todd, Kitty Todd, and Crittenden Todd. Merchant in Franklin County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned seven enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1850. Merchant in Franklin County in 1860. Sheriff of Franklin County from 1860 to 1861. Owned five enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1860. Keeper of the Kentucky State Penitentiary from 1863 to 1871.

Relationships Social: Laban Thomas Moore (Representative, colonel, and Lawrence Co attorney) Economic: Ephraim Whitesides (Frankfort, Kentucky, carpenter and assistant keeper of the penitentiary) Social: John Hopkins Harney (Lou. Democrat publisher) Social: Joshua Fry Bullitt (Louisville. Ct. of Appeals Judge) Social: Alfred Allen (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Social: James Henry Garrard (Franklin County, Kentucky, salt maker and Kentucky state treasurer) Social: James Crockett Sayers (Kenton County, Kentucky, laborer, farmer, politician, QM & 1st lieut 32nd KY Inf USA) Social: Thomas Turner (Montgomery Co., KY, State Rep & attorney) Social: Thomas W. Owings (Meade co state rep) Social: Richard Aylett Buckner, Jr. (Lexington, KY atty, judge & speaker of State House) Social: Bryan Rust Young (Bardstown state rep) Social: John Kemp Goodloe (Woodford Co State Senator) Social: John A. Prall (Bourbon Co State Senator) Social: James Fisher Robinson, Jr. (QMG of KY, Gov's son) Social: Daniel Carmichael Wickliffe (Lexington, Kentucky, attorney, editor and secretary of state) Social: Joshua Tevis (Louisville, KY, State Rep & US District Atto, Col 10th Ky Cav (USA)) Social: Thomas A. Duke (Paducah State Senator & Physician) Social: Richard Clough Anderson, III (Frankfort state rep) Social: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Social: Samuel E. DeHaven (Oldham County State Sen/Rep) Social: Henry Davis McHenry (Ohio Co., KY, state rep & senator) Social: Martin Pickett Marshall (Mason Co. State Senator) Social: Curtis Field Burnam (Madison County. KY, attorney & State Rep) Social: Willis W. Gardner (Union co. State Sen.) Social: Joshua Barnes (Bath Co., KY, State Rep. & doctor) Social: James Calvert (Boone County, Kentucky, sheriff and politician) Social: Richard J. Browne (Washington Co, KY, State Rep & attorney) Social: Nathaniel Wolfe (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney, Ky rep & senator) Social: William T. Samuels (Hardin Co, KY, clerk, commissioner, KY State Auditor, state rep, clerk of KY Hse of Rep) Social: Walter C. Whitaker (Shelby Co. Ky state sen; col & genl 6th Ky Inf & Army of Cumberland USA) Social: John L. Irvan (Calloway Co. state rep) Social: John R. Thomas (Marion Co., Ky, State rep & attorney) Social: Zebulon Ward (Woodford co State Rep & former penitentiary lessee) Social: John S. Van Winkle (Wayne Co state rep) Social: Elijah Gabbert (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and KY state rep) Social: Jonas Martin (Livingston and Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer and politician.) Social: William S. Rankin (Grant County, KY, State Rep) Social: Joshua Fry Bell (Boyle Co., KY, attorney & politician) Social: Isaac Price Miller (Jefferson co. farmer & politician) Social: James Speed (U.S. Atty. General, Louisville, KY atty & state senator) Social: John B. Bruner (Breckinridge Co., KY, atty & state senator) Economic: Kentucky State Penitentiary Political: Francis Pace (Harlan County, Kentucky, resident) Legal: Cornelius Bailey (Henderson County, Kentucky, assistant auditor of KY and attorney) Legal: Franklin Circuit Court Legal: Charles T. Sullivan (Jefferson County, Kentucky, resident and inmate) Social: Lewis Cheek (Franklin County, Kentucky, grocer.) Political: George W. Howe (Franklin County, Kentucky, wagon maker, postmaster, and justice of the peace) Political: Franklin Bryan Chinn (Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Alexander Hueston Rennick (Franklin County, Kentucky, court clerk) Legal: William Nichols (Covington, KY steel mill worker)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 56A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 885. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 103. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 501A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 140B. William E. Railey, History of Woodford County, Kentucky (1938; Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company for Clearfield Company, 2002), p. 389. Legislative Document No. 18: Report of the Special Committee on the Penitentiary to the Senate of Kentucky, February 26, 1880 (Frankfort, KY: E. H. Porter, 1880), p. 46. “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), 99. “Todd, Harry Innes, 1818-1891,” Social Networks and Archival Context, http://socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu/ark:/99166/w6z03wcb (accessed January 11, 2017). KYR-0001-004-0177. George W. Howe (Franklin County, Kentucky, wagon maker, postmaster, and justice of the peace) N00015070 1805? 1880? Categories: People

Franklin County, Kentucky, wagon maker, postmaster, and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Father of Matilda Howe, Edward Howe, John H. Howe, and Charles Howe. Married to Rebecca Newman Howe in Scott County, Kentucky, on November 11, 1841. Father of Nancy Howe, George William Howe, Francis Howe, and Robert Howe. Resident in Scott County in 1830. Owned five enslaved persons in Scott County in 1830. Resident in Scott County in 1840. Wagon maker in Franklin County, Kentucky, in 1850. U.S. postmaster in Franklin County in 1851. Wagon maker in Franklin County in 1860. Justice of the Peace in Franklin County in 1861.

Fifth Manuscript Census of the United States (1830), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, p. 150. Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Scott County, p. 66. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 14A-B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 169-70. Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Mortality Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Forks of Elkhorn, p. 325. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Scott County Marriages, Film #000183225. Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971 Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Franklin County, Kentucky, vol. 14. KYR-0001-017-0186. Franklin County, Kentucky P001019 Categories: Places

County in central Kentucky. Seat at Frankfort. Located on the Kentucky River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 16, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Ron D. Bryant, "Franklin County" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 354-56. 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. Franklin County, Kentucky 1861-08-07 Legal/Financial 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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Commonwealth of Kentucky SS

WeF ChinnA H Rennick& H I Todd duly authorized to compare the Poll books for the County of Franklin, do certify that at an election held in said county on the 5th day of August 1861 George W Howewas duly elected to fill the office of Justice of the peace for said County in District No 2

F. Chinn P. J. F. C A H Rennick c f c c

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Franklin County Augst 7th 1861

Franklin Co J. P. G W. Howe Dist no 2 ComdAug 19 1861