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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-0001-017-0207 MG4-117

Whitley County, Kentucky Thomas Buchanan (Whitley County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. ) N00017785 1825-10-07 1863-06-13 Categories: People

Whitley County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. Tennessee native. Married to Letitia "Letty" Green Buchanan. Father of Nathaniel Buchanan, Juda Buchanan, Lewis Buchanan, Letitita Buchanan, Sarah D. Buchanan, and Henry H. Buchanan. Farmer in Harlan County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Whitley County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Whitley County in 1861. Served in the 7th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as first sergeant and first lieutenant from March 27, 1862, to June 13, 1863. Died from wounds received at the Battle of Vicksburg on June 13, 1863.

Relationships Political: Whitley County Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harlan County, District 2, p. 2. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Whitley County, Williamsburg, p. 673. Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of Civil War Veterans, ca. 1861 – ca. 1910, NARA RG 15, Application #WC30594. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0210. KYR-0001-017-0207. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 759. James M. Barnett (Whitley County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace.) N00007577 1832-02-02 1898-09-02 Categories: People

Whitley County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah J. Renfro Barnett on September 8, 1859. Father of Mary J. Barnett, Francis M. Barnett, and Elizabeth D. Barnett. Farmer in Whitley County, Kentucky, in 1860. Appointed justice of the peace in Whitley County in 1861.

Relationships Political: Whitley County Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Whitley County, Spring Rock District, pp. 713. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Whitley County, Whitley C.H. Precinct, p. 334B. KYR-0001-017-0207 "James Barnett (1832-1898)," Find A Grave, Memorial #7569239, Accessed August 4, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7569239/james-barnett. John Crittenden Watkins (Whitley County, KY, Circuit Court clerk, attorney, and farmer) N00007552 1829? 1878-07-18 Categories: People

Whitley County, Kentucky, farmer, attorney, and court clerk. Whitley County, Kentucky, native. Son of Becker Watkins and Nancy Watkins. Married to Sarah J. King Watkins. Father of W. F. Watkins, Harriett J. Watkins, E. E. Watkins, and Thomas S. Watkins. Farmer for John Berry in Whitley County, Kentucky, in 1850. Clerk of the Whitley Circuit Court in Whitley Court House in 1863. Farmer in Whitley County in 1863. Clerk of the Whitley Circuit Court in 1865.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: Whitley County Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Whitley County, District 2, p. 423A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Whitley County, Wats Creek, p. 398A. 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), 12. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Whitley County, KY, October 1863, p. 399. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994058, Whitley County Births. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994058, Whitley County Deaths. KYR-0001-004-0087. 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). Whitley County, Kentucky P00002893 Categories: Places

County in southeastern Kentucky. Seat at Williamsburg, also known as Whitley Court House. Located on the Cumberland River.

36.7434, -84.1597 Ron D. Bryant, "Whitley County" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 949-50. "Williamsburg, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed September 3, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Whitley County Court O00000725 Categories: Organizations

Located in Williamsburg, Whitley County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): C. L. Creekmore. Clerk(s): J. C. Watkins, Terrill Foley, and J. W. Siler.

“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. Whitley County, Kentucky 1861-09 Order 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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State of Kentucky Whitely County court September Term 1861

Thomas Buchannan this day Presented to the court his Resignation as Justice of the Peace in District No 6 in Whitly countywhich was accepted and it is therefore ordered by the court that James, M. Barnet be appointed Justice Pro tem to fill said office

a copy Att J, C, Watkins clk

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Whitley Co J. P. CmdSept 26 1861