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William M. Samuel (Bourbon County, Kentucky, judge) N00012803 1795? Categories: People

Bourbon County, Kentucky, county judge. Virginia native. Married Mary C. Chiles Samuel in Harrison County, Kentucky, in July 1817. Magistrate in Bourbon County in 1850. County judge in Bourbon County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Lewis Cheek (Franklin County, Kentucky, grocer.) Legal: Bourbon Circuit Court Legal: Andy [Unknown] (Bourbon County, Kentucky, enslaved man) Legal: Alfred [Unknown] (Harrison County, Kentucky, enslaved man) Political: Benjamin F. Bowen (Bourbon County, Kentucky, justice of the peace, first lieutenant (U.S.A.), farmer, and butcher) Political: Willis D. Collins (Bourbon County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Political: Bourbon County Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, District 1, p. 271B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, Paris, p. 507. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington Ward 4, p. 250A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Bourbon County Marriages, Film 000216880. Richard J. Brown (Bourbon County, Kentucky, county clerk) N00002551 1817? 1898-06-22 Categories: People

Bourbon County, Kentucky, constable and court clerk. Kentucky native. Married to Frances J. Shy Brown. Father of Margaret J. Brown, James L. Brown, Sallie O. Brown, Elisha D. Brown, and Lily D. Brown. Constable in Bourbon County in 1850. Clerk of Bourbon County Court from 1860 to 1865.

Relationships Social: Lewis Cheek (Franklin County, Kentucky, grocer.) Legal: Bourbon Circuit Court Political: William M. Samuel (Bourbon County, Kentucky, judge)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, District 2, p. 245B-246A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Bourbon County, Paris, p. 1. 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), 307. 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), 302. 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), 305. 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), 11. 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), 11. 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), 11. "Richard J. Brown Dead," The Morning Herald (Lexington, KY), June 23, 1898, p. 4. Benjamin Franklin Pullen (Bourbon County, Kentucky, sheriff) N00002390 1825? 1885-04-13 Categories: People

Bourbon County, Kentucky, sheriff. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth F. Pullen. Father of Paulina W. Pullen, Elizabeth A. Pullen, and Minnie F. Pullen. Sheriff in Bourbon County, Kentucky, in 1858. Sheriff of Bourbon County in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Bourbon County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: George Stoker (Bourbon County free black/farm laborer) Legal: Lewis Cheek (Franklin County, Kentucky, grocer.) Legal: Bourbon Circuit Court Political: Richard J. Brown (Bourbon County, Kentucky, county clerk) Political: William M. Samuel (Bourbon County, Kentucky, judge)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Bourbon County, Paris, p. 485. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedule, Kentucky, Bourbon County, Paris, p. 140B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Bourbon County, Paris, Ward 1, p. 422A. "Bourbon County--Official," The Louisville Daily Courier, August 05, 1858, p. 2. "Death by Laudanum," The Courier-Journal, April 14, 1885, p. 4. "Unfortunate Controversy in the Tenth Judicial District," The Louisville Daily Courier, April 25, 1868, p. 2. "Benjamin Franklin Pullen (1825-1885)," Find A Grave, Memorial 159935757, accessed June 28, 2018, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/159935757. Robert McMillian (Bourbon County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) N00015823 1816-10-05 1891-07-01 Categories: People

Bourbon County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. Clark County, Kentucky, native. Son of William McMillian and Sarah Elizabeth Frame McMillian. Married to Matilda Berkley in Clark County, Kentucky, on March 30, 1837. Father of Anna E. McMillian Talbott, William H. McMillian, and Robert S. McMillian. Married to Armilda Starks in Bourbon County on December 9, 1846. Father of John T. McMillian, Sarah J. McMillian, and Nancy McMillian. Married to Rarhema McMillian in Bourbon County on December 20, 1859. Farmer in Bourbon County in 1850. Owned five enslaved persons in Bourbon County in 1850. Justice of the peace in Bourbon County in 1861.

Relationships Political: Nathan G. Darnall (Bourbon County, Kentucky, grocer, postmaster, and justice of the peace) Political: Jesse Henry Talbutt (Bourbon County, Kentucky, merchant and sheriff) Political: James Scott (Bourbon County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Political: Benjamin Franklin Pullen (Bourbon County, Kentucky, sheriff) Political: Richard J. Brown (Bourbon County, Kentucky, county clerk) Political: William M. Samuel (Bourbon County, Kentucky, judge)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, District 1, p. 283 B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, District 1, p. 483. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, North Middletown, p. 344 A-B. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994028, Bourbon County Marriages, p. 49-50. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994028, Bourbon County Marriages, p. 51-52. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Bourbon County Marriages, Film #001943687, p. 45. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Clark County Marriages, Film #004542764, p. 187. Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, eds. Mary S. Lockwood and Susan Riviere Hetzel (Washington, D. C.: National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 1891-1939) vol. 150: 1919, p. 281-282. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Louisville, Ky, McMillian, National #41672, State #538. KYR-0001-017-0197. James Scott (Bourbon County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) N00014989 1802-12-17 1889-01-18 Categories: People

Bourbon County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. Bourbon County, Kentucky, native. Son of Anne Scott. Married to Emeline P. Offutt Scott in Bourbon County, Kentucky, on September 27, 1853. Father to Nancy A. Scott, Emeline Payne Scott, and William R. Scott. Farmer in Bourbon County in 1850. Owned nine enslaved persons in Bourbon County in 1850. Farmer in Bourbon County in 1860. Owned twenty-eight enslaved persons in Bourbon County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Bourbon County in 1861.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Social: A. Frank Brown (Bourbon County, KY, attorney and clerk of prov govt ) Political: Benjamin Franklin Pullen (Bourbon County, Kentucky, sheriff) Political: Richard J. Brown (Bourbon County, Kentucky, county clerk) Political: William M. Samuel (Bourbon County, Kentucky, judge)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, District 1, p. 312B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, District 1, p. 540. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, Eastern Division, p. 632. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, Eastern Division, p.125A-B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, North Middleton, p. 351B-352A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Bourbon County Marriages, Film 000216817, p. 30. "James Scott (1802-1889)," Find A Grave, Memorial #126842916, accessed July 12, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126842916. KYR-0001-017-0177. Jesse Henry Talbutt (Bourbon County, Kentucky, merchant and sheriff) N00015463 1818-01-20 1880-03-04 Categories: People

Bourbon County, Kentucky, merchant and sheriff. Bourbon County, Kentucky, native. Married to Mary A. Holladay Talbutt in Nicholas County, Kentucky, on October 11, 1838. Father of Charles T. Talbutt, Charlotte B. Talbutt, Mary "Molly" A. Talbutt, John H. Talbutt, Jesse H. Talbutt, Ben E. Talbutt, Thomas H. Talbutt, Robert H. Talbutt, and S. B. Points Talbutt. Merchant in Nicholas County in 1850. Sheriff in Bourbon County in 1860. Owned nine enslaved persons in Bourbon County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Bourbon Circuit Court Political: James Scott (Bourbon County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Political: Benjamin Franklin Pullen (Bourbon County, Kentucky, sheriff) Political: Richard J. Brown (Bourbon County, Kentucky, county clerk) Political: William M. Samuel (Bourbon County, Kentucky, judge) Political: George Parker (Bourbon County, Kentucky, farmer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 2, p. 437A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, District 1, p. 521. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, Ruddles Mills, p. 444A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 2, p. 46A. Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport (before 1911), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 7019184, Fayette County Deaths. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994051, Nicholas County Marriages. "Jesse Henry Talbutt (1818-1880)," Find A Grave, Memorial 20152106, accessed August 25, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20152106. Nathan G. Darnall (Bourbon County, Kentucky, grocer, postmaster, and justice of the peace) N00014990 1800? Categories: People

Bourbon County, Kentucky, grocer, postmaster, and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Married Ann Arnold Darnall in Bourbon County, Kentucky, in 1826. Married to Elizabeth Darnall. Father of Louisa C. Darnall. Appointed postmaster for North Middleton, Bourbon County, on December 13, 1836. Grocer in Bourbon County in 1850. Owned eight enslaved persons in Bourbon County in 1850. Appointed justice of the peace in Bourbon County in 1861.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Social: A. Frank Brown (Bourbon County, KY, attorney and clerk of prov govt ) Political: Jesse Henry Talbutt (Bourbon County, Kentucky, merchant and sheriff) Political: James Scott (Bourbon County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Political: Benjamin Franklin Pullen (Bourbon County, Kentucky, sheriff) Political: Richard J. Brown (Bourbon County, Kentucky, county clerk) Political: William M. Samuel (Bourbon County, Kentucky, judge)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, District 1, p. 305B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, District 1, p. 525. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Bourbon County Marriages, Film #000183085, p. 181. Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971 Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Bourbon County, Kentucky, vol. 12A. KYR-0001-017-0177. Bourbon County, Kentucky P00000515 Categories: Places

County in north central Kentucky. Seat at Paris.

38.2171, -84.2279 H.E. Everman, "Bourbon County," in The Encyclopedia of Kentucky, John E Kleber ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2000), 104-05. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Bourbon County, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on April 20, 2020). 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. Bourbon County Court O00000596 Categories: Organizations

Located in Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): W. M. Samuels. Clerk(s): R. J. Brown and J. M. Hughes.

Relationships Legal: Samuel Williams (Illinois and Fleming County) Political: Robert McMillian (Bourbon County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Political: Nathan G. Darnall (Bourbon County, Kentucky, grocer, postmaster, and justice of the peace) Political: Jesse Henry Talbutt (Bourbon County, Kentucky, merchant and sheriff) Political: James Scott (Bourbon County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Political: Benjamin Franklin Pullen (Bourbon County, Kentucky, sheriff) Political: Richard J. Brown (Bourbon County, Kentucky, county clerk) Political: William M. Samuel (Bourbon County, Kentucky, judge)

“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), 303-308; “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), 301-306; “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 1866 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1. (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-350. 1861-08-08 Legal/Financial English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": 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 Sct.

We William M. Samuel, R. J. Brown, and B. f. Pullen, duly authorized to compare the Poll Books for the County of Bourbon do certify that at an Election held in said County on the 5" day of August 1861. Robert McMillian was duly elected to fill the office of Justice of the Peace in the North Middle Town district No. 4 in the room of James Scottresigned

Given under our hands this 8" day of Augt. 1861

B. f. Pullen S. B. C Jr. Jesse. H. Talbutt D. S. Wm. M. Samuel P. J. B. C. R. J. Brown C B C C

N G Darnall was commissioned in room Scott

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Bourbon Co J. P. ComdSept 3. 1861