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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-0001-017-0204 MG4-106

Breathitt County, Kentucky Alexander Bell Patrick (Breathitt County, Kentucky, circuit court clerk.) N00017746 1818-12-17 1881-05-23 Categories: People

Breathitt County, Kentucky, court clerk. Madison County, Kentucky, native. Married to Prudence H. Haddix Patrick. Father of Mary M. Patrick, Armina C. Patrick, Samuel H. Patrick, James C. Patrick, Amelia Patrick, John E. Patrick, and George Patrick. Circuit court clerk in Breathitt County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Breathitt County in 1850. Clerk in Breathitt County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Breathitt County in 1860. Served in the 5th Kentucky Mounted Infantry (C.S.A.) as a private from May 10, 1863, to June 30, 1863. Reported deserted at Virginia on unknown date.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breathitt County, District 1, p. 18B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Breathitt County, District 1, p. 55. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breathitt County, District 1, p. 388. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Breathitt County, District 1, p. 175A. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0111. "Alexander Bell Patrick (1818-1881)," Find A Grave, Memorial #38781868, accessed June 20, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38781868/alexander-bell-patrick. Edward Callahan Strong (Breathitt County, Kentucky, mill owner and county judge. ) N00017749 1823-11-05 1911-02-20 Categories: People

Breathitt County, Kentucky, miller, county judge, and soldier. Kentucky, native. Married to Nancy Haddix Strong. Father of Alexander Strong, Greenville Strong, Sarah Strong, Granville Strong, Susan Strong, and Walter Strong. Farmer in Breathitt County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Breathitt County in 1850. Owner of a steam mill in Breathitt County in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Breathitt County in 1860. County judge in Breathitt County in 1861. Served in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.) as first lieutenant from September 7, 1862, to May 6, 1865. Surrendered and paroled at Wilkes County, Georgia, on May 6, 1865.

Relationships Political: Alexander Bell Patrick (Breathitt County, Kentucky, circuit court clerk.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breathitt County, District No. 1, p. 29A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Breathitt County, District 1. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breathitt County, District 1, p. 390. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Breathitt County, District 1, p. 175A. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0113. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994029, Breathitt County Deaths. T.R.C. Hutton, Bloody Breathitt: Politics and Violence in the Appalachian South (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2013), 43, 48-49, 61-65. "Edward Callahan 'Red Ned' Strong (1823-1911)," Find A Grave, Memorial 36693345, accessed June 21, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36693345. Richard L. South (Breathitt County, Kentucky, farmer. ) N00017750 1812 1864-05-28 Categories: People

Breathitt County, Kentucky, farmer, carpenter, and soldier. Madison County, Kentucky, native. Married to Sarah "Sally" South. Father of John South, Mary "Kitty" South, Richard South, Letitia South, William South, Jeremiah South, Eliza South, and Mary South. Farmer and carpenter in Breathitt County in 1850. Farmer in Breathitt County in 1860. Served in the Fifth Kentucky Mounted Infantry (C.S.A.) as second sergeant and first sergeant from September 18, 1862, to May 28, 1864. Died at Battle of Dallas on May 28, 1864.

Relationships Political: Edward Callahan Strong (Breathitt County, Kentucky, mill owner and county judge. ) Political: Alexander Bell Patrick (Breathitt County, Kentucky, circuit court clerk.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breathitt County, District No.1, p. 22B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breathitt County, District No. 1, p. 270. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll XXXX. "Richard L South (1812-1864)," Find A Grave, Memorial #9531904, accessed June 21, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9531904/richard-l.-south. Breathitt County, Kentucky P00001048 Categories: Places

County in eastern Kentucky. Seat at Jackson.

37.536, -83.3362 Charles Hayes, "Breathitt County" in The Encyclopedia of Kentucky, ed. John E Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2002), p. 115-116. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Breathitt County, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on September 23, 2019). 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. Breathitt County, Kentucky 1861-08-08 Legal/Financial English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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The Commonwealth of Kentucky Breathitt County Sct

We A B Patrick E C Strong & Richard L South duly authorized to compare the poll Books for the County of Breathitt do certify that at an Election held in said County in District No 4 that John Gwin was duly Elected to fill the office of Justice of the peace in said District for an unexpired Term

Given under our hands this 8th day of August 1861

A. B. Patrick C. B. C. C R L South S B C E C Strong P J B C C

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Breathitt J. P.

ComdSept. 3. 1861