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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-0001-017-0234 MG4-157

Boyle County, Kentucky Speed Smith Fry (Boyle County, KY, general, abuser of refugee families at Camp Nelson) N00008693 1817-09-09 1892-08-01 Categories: People

Mercer County, Kentucky, soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Thomas W. Fry and Elizabeth Fry. Attended Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. Graduated from Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana, in 1840. Married to Mildred T. Smith in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on November 4, 1847. Married to Cynthia Fry. Father of Walker Fry, Thomas Fry, and Speed S. Fry. Admitted to the bar in 1843. Served in the 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a captain from June 9, 1846 to June 9, 1847. Merchant in Boyle County in 1850. County judge of Boyle County from 1857 to 1861. Served in the 4th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a colonel from October 9, 1861, to March 21, 1862. Served in the Army of the Ohio (U.S.A.) as a brigadier general from March 21, 1862, to August 24, 1865. Commandant of Camp Nelson from 1863 to November 29, 1864. Relieved of command at Camp Nelson after expelling over 400 black women and children from the camp in November 1864.

Relationships Political: Boyle County Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, District 2, p. 353B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, p. 891. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, Danville, p. 182A. “Among His Comrades: Death of General Speed S. Fry at Soldiers’ Home,” Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), August 2, 1892, p. 6. _Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, 1842-1853, Film 000482707, p. 176. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 628-29. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1867), 921, 960. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky: Mexican War Veterans (Frankfort: John D. Woods, Public Printer, 1889), 36. Frederick Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, vol. 1 (New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959), 66. Ezra J. Warner, Jr., Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders, (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1964), 163-64. Richard D. Sears, Camp Nelson, Kentucky: A Civil War History (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2002), 3, 111. James Payne Mitchell (Boyle County, Kentucky, attorney and farmer.) N00018181 1794-01-09 1871-05-26 Categories: People

Boyle County, Kentucky, attorney and farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Robert Mitchell and Rhoda Durham Mitchell. Married to Sarah Hamner Mitchell in Mercer County, Kentucky, in 1815. Father of Martha Mitchell, Robert H. C. Mitchell, James H. Mitchell, and Lewis D. Mitchell. U. S. Postmaster in Mercer County, Kentucky, in 1833. Attorney in Boyle County in 1850. Owned twenty-two enslaved persons in Boyle County in 1850. Farmer in Boyle County in 1860. Employed Emily Prisco and Sarah J. Smith in 1860. Owned twenty-five enslaved persons in Boyle County in 1860.

Relationships Political: Nathaniel Gaither, Jr. (Adair County, Kentucky, attorney, sec of state, pvt 6th KY Cav CSA) Political: Boyle County Court Political: Speed Smith Fry (Boyle County, KY, general, abuser of refugee families at Camp Nelson)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, District No. 1, p. 637A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, District No. 1, p. 549. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, p. 65. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, p. 151A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mercer County Marriages, Film #000191846. 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. 86: year, p. 348. Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971 Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Mercer County, Kentucky, p. 392. "Jas. P. Mitchell (1794-1871)," Find A Grave, Memorial #27923477, accessed July 15, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27923477. Sherwood P. Burton (Boyle County, Kentucky, merchant and farmer.) N00018383 1812-10-05 1875-09-21 Categories: People

Boyle County, Kentucky, merchant and farmer. Mercer County, Kentucky, native. Son of Robert Burton and Margaret Burton. Married to S. A. Peters Burton in Boyle County, Kentucky, on May 13, 1852. Father of G. F. Burton and S. F. Burton. Married to Sarah E. Lee Burton in Boyle County on March 25, 1857. Father of Charles W. Burton. Merchant in Boyle County in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Boyle County in 1850. Farmer in Boyle County in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Boyle County in 1850.

Relationships Legal: James F. Zimmerman (Boyle County, Kentucky, Circuit Court Clerk.) Social: Henry P. Bottom (Boyle County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Charles Thomas Worthington (President of the Board of Curators of Kentucky University) Social: James. H. Fife (Boyle County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Political: James Payne Mitchell (Boyle County, Kentucky, attorney and farmer.) Political: Speed Smith Fry (Boyle County, KY, general, abuser of refugee families at Camp Nelson) Political: Boyle County Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, District No. 1, p. 322A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, District No. 1, p. 532. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, p. 943. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, p. 162B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, Perryville, p. 189B. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994028, Boyle County Deaths. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Boyle County Marriages, Film 000216817. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Boyle County Marriages, Film 000216817. "S. P. Burton (1812-1875)," Find A Grave, Memorial 17099126, accessed August 5, 2022 http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17099126. James. H. Fife (Boyle County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) N00016714 1818? 1862 Categories: People

Boyle County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Jane Fife. Father of John W. Fife, Henry H. Fife, James B. Fife, and Mary C. Fife. Farmer in Hardin County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Boyle County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Boyle County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Boyle County in 1862.

Relationships Political: Boyle County Court Political: Speed Smith Fry (Boyle County, KY, general, abuser of refugee families at Camp Nelson) Political: James Payne Mitchell (Boyle County, Kentucky, attorney and farmer.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hardin County, Southern District 2, p. 402A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, p. 979. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, p. 162A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Missouri, Pike County, Spencer, p. 207A. KYR-0001-031-0065. William H. Prewitt (Boyle County, Kentucky, farmer.) N00018400 1825-06-25 1904-06-07 Categories: People

Boyle County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary F. Ewing Prewitt. Father of Thomas F. Prewitt, Mary Francis Prewitt, and M. C. Prewitt. Farmer in Boyle County in 1850. Farmer in Boyle County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Boyle County in 1860. Farmer in Boyle County in July 1863.

Relationships Social: Clifton Rodes (Boyle County, Kentucky, farmer.) Social: Sherwood P. Burton (Boyle County, Kentucky, merchant and farmer.) Legal: James F. Zimmerman (Boyle County, Kentucky, Circuit Court Clerk.) Social: Henry P. Bottom (Boyle County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Charles Thomas Worthington (President of the Board of Curators of Kentucky University) Social: James. H. Fife (Boyle County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Political: James Payne Mitchell (Boyle County, Kentucky, attorney and farmer.) Political: Speed Smith Fry (Boyle County, KY, general, abuser of refugee families at Camp Nelson) Political: Boyle County Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, District No. 1, p. 659B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, p. 875. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, p. 165A. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Boyle County, KY, July 1863, p. 19. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994028, Boyle County Births. "W. H. Prewitt (1825-1904)," Find A Grave, Memorial #27290497, accessed August 9, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27290497. Clifton Rodes (Boyle County, Kentucky, farmer.) N00018394 1798-08-26 1878-12-27 Categories: People

Boyle County, Kentucky, farmer. Boyle County, Kentucky, native. Married to Amanda Owsley Rodes in Garrard County, Kentucky, on December 19, 1823. Father of Ann Rodes, Americus R. Rodes, Clifton Rodes Jr., Boyle O. Rodes, Amanda R. Rodes, Amelia A. Rodes, Sally R. Rodes, and Charles Henry Rodes. Farmer in Boyle County in 1850. Owned twenty-two enslaved persons in 1850. Farmer in Danville in 1860.

Relationships Legal: James F. Zimmerman (Boyle County, Kentucky, Circuit Court Clerk.) Social: Sherwood P. Burton (Boyle County, Kentucky, merchant and farmer.) Social: Henry P. Bottom (Boyle County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Charles Thomas Worthington (President of the Board of Curators of Kentucky University) Social: James. H. Fife (Boyle County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Political: James Payne Mitchell (Boyle County, Kentucky, attorney and farmer.) Political: Boyle County Court Political: Speed Smith Fry (Boyle County, KY, general, abuser of refugee families at Camp Nelson)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, District No. 2, p. 769B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, District No. 2, p. 584. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, Danville, p. 843A-B. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #23227. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Garrard County Marriages, Film #000183256. "Clifton Rodes (1798-1878)," Find A Grave, Memorial #40314983, accessed August 8, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40314983. Henry Bruce (Boyle County, Kentucky, farmer.) N00018402 1804-11-30 1880-04-03 Categories: People

Boyle County, Kentucky, farmer. Boyle County, Kentucky, native. Married to Mary Pope Bruce in Garrard County, Kentucky, on August 14, 1829. Father of William Bruce, Martha N. Bruce, Thomas Bruce, Leonard Bruce, Alamander P. Bruce, Margaret E. Bruce, Hayden M. Bruce, Buckner M. Bruce, John M. Bruce, and Richard Dunlap Bruce. Farmer in Boyle County in 1850. Owned thirteen enslaved persons in Boyle County in 1850. Farmer in Boyle County in 1860. Owned nineteen enslaved persons in Boyle County in 1860. Held two additional enslaved persons as agent in Boyle County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: James F. Zimmerman (Boyle County, Kentucky, Circuit Court Clerk.) Social: Sherwood P. Burton (Boyle County, Kentucky, merchant and farmer.) Social: Clifton Rodes (Boyle County, Kentucky, farmer.) Political: James Payne Mitchell (Boyle County, Kentucky, attorney and farmer.) Political: Speed Smith Fry (Boyle County, KY, general, abuser of refugee families at Camp Nelson) Social: Henry P. Bottom (Boyle County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Charles Thomas Worthington (President of the Board of Curators of Kentucky University) Social: James. H. Fife (Boyle County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Political: Boyle County Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, District No. 2, p. 351B-352A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, District No. 2, p. 578. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, p. 859. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, p. 147B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, Precinct No. 4, p. 234A-B. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #37749. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Garrard County Marriages, Film #000183256. John W. Hamner (Boyle County, Kentucky, farmer.) N00018406 1815-12-06 1887-09-19 Categories: People

Boyle County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah Andrews Pittman Hamner. Father of Sarah F. Hamner and Rachel A. Hamner. Stepfather of Robert B. Pittman, George W. Pittman, Richard S. Pittman, and Edward J. Pittman. Farmer in Boyle County in 1850. Farmer in Boyle County in 1860. Owned ten enslaved persons in Boyle County in 1860.

Relationships Political: James Payne Mitchell (Boyle County, Kentucky, attorney and farmer.) Social: Henry P. Bottom (Boyle County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Clifton Rodes (Boyle County, Kentucky, farmer.) Social: Sherwood P. Burton (Boyle County, Kentucky, merchant and farmer.) Legal: James F. Zimmerman (Boyle County, Kentucky, Circuit Court Clerk.) Social: William H. Prewitt (Boyle County, Kentucky, farmer.) Social: Henry Bruce (Boyle County, Kentucky, farmer.) Political: Boyle County Court Political: Speed Smith Fry (Boyle County, KY, general, abuser of refugee families at Camp Nelson) Social: James. H. Fife (Boyle County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, District No. 2, p. 373A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, p. 896. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, p. 152A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, Precinct No. 4, p. 230B. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #13419. "John W. Hamner (1815-1887)," Find A Grave, Memorial #42111265, accessed August 10, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42111265. Charles Thomas Worthington (President of the Board of Curators of Kentucky University) N00011581 1819-04-03 1876-12-14 Categories: People

Boyle County, Kentucky, farmer and curator. Kentucky native. Son of James Worthington. Married to Johana Theresa Gill Worthington. Father of James T. Worthington, “Hood” Worthington, Theresa Worthington, Charles Worthington, Union Worthington, and Frank W. Worthington. Farmer in Boyle County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned nine enslaved persons in Boyle County in 1850. Farmer in Boyle County in 1860. Owned eighteen enslaved persons in Boyle County in 1860. President of the board of curators of Kentucky University in 1865.

Relationships Legal: James K. Thomson (Fayette County, KY, farmer & curator of Kentucky Univ) Legal: John William McGarvey (Fayette Co, KY, minister, professor, & curator of Kentucky Univ) Legal: O. S. Poston (Mercer County, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: John Shackleford, Jr. (Fayette County, KY, Christian minister, curator of Kentucky Univ) Legal: William Logan Williams (Lincoln County, KY, minister, educator, univ curator) Legal: Richard J. White (Madison County, KY, farmer and university curator) Legal: Richard Moore Bishop (Cincinnati, Ohio, merchant, politician, and university curator) Legal: Andrew Galbraith Kyle (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer; president of Harrodsburg Savings Institution) Legal: John Bryan Bowman (Mercer County, KY, attorney, educator, farmer, college regent) Legal: Abraham Hite Bowman (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and curator of Kentucky Univ) Legal: John Augustus Williams (Mercer County, KY, educator, Daughters College, curator KY Univ) Legal: Andrew Steele (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer and curator of Kentucky Univ) Legal: Benjamin B. Groom (Clark County, Kentucky, farmer and curator of Kentucky Univ) Legal: William Thomas Moore (Curator of Kentucky Univ) Legal: David Williams Thompson (Mercer County, KY, farmer and curator of Kentucky Univ) Legal: Joseph Smith (Fayette County, KY, physician and curator of Kentucky University) Political: James Payne Mitchell (Boyle County, Kentucky, attorney and farmer.) Social: James. H. Fife (Boyle County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Political: Boyle County Court Political: Speed Smith Fry (Boyle County, KY, general, abuser of refugee families at Camp Nelson)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, District 2, p. 375B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, District 2, p. 611. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, p. 906. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, p. 157A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, Precinct 3, p. 213A. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #3184. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994028, Boyle County Deaths. "Charles Thomas Worthington (1819-1876)," Find A Grave, Memorial 44549153, accessed December 18, 2019, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44549153. KYR-0001-009-0038. Henry P. Bottom (Boyle County, Kentucky, farmer) N00008652 1812? Categories: People

Boyle County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of William S. Bottom. Married to Margaret D. Bottom. Father of Samuel D. Bottom, Rowan B. Bottom, and Mary Bottom. Farmer in Boyle County in 1850. Owned five enslaved persons in Boyle County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Boyle County in 1860. Owned eight enslaved persons in Boyle County in 1860. Household owned two other enslaved persons in Boyle County in 1860.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: Speed Smith Fry (Boyle County, KY, general, abuser of refugee families at Camp Nelson) Political: James Payne Mitchell (Boyle County, Kentucky, attorney and farmer.) Social: James. H. Fife (Boyle County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Social: Charles Thomas Worthington (President of the Board of Curators of Kentucky University) Political: Boyle County Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle, District 1, p. 342A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle, District 1, p. 568. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle, p. 119. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle, p. 167B. James F. Zimmerman (Boyle County, Kentucky, Circuit Court Clerk.) N00018184 1831-06-25 1862-04-26 Categories: People

Boyle County, Kentucky, circuit court clerk. Kentucky native. Married to Ophelia Marrs Zimmerman in Boyle County, Kentucky, on June 22, 1852. Father of John Leonard Zimmerman, James F. Zimmerman, and William M. Zimmerman. Circuit court clerk in Boyle County in 1860.

Relationships Political: James Payne Mitchell (Boyle County, Kentucky, attorney and farmer.) Political: Nathaniel Gaither, Jr. (Adair County, Kentucky, attorney, sec of state, pvt 6th KY Cav CSA) Political: Boyle County Court Legal: Henry P. Bottom (Boyle County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Charles Thomas Worthington (President of the Board of Curators of Kentucky University) Legal: James. H. Fife (Boyle County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Legal: James Payne Mitchell (Boyle County, Kentucky, attorney and farmer.) Legal: Speed Smith Fry (Boyle County, KY, general, abuser of refugee families at Camp Nelson) Legal: Boyle County Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, Danville, p. 841. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #17247. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Boyle County Marriages, Film #000216817. “James F. Zimmerman (1831-1862)," Find A Grave, Memorial #44549975, accessed July 15, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44549975. 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). Boyle County Court O00000593 1842 Categories: Organizations

Located in Danville, Boyle County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailer, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): James P. Mitchell. Clerk(s): James F. Zimmerman and Jonathan B. Nichols.

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), 303-08. 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), 298-306. 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), 301-06. 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), 9-12. 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), 9-12. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1866, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-50. Richard C. Brown, A History of Danville and Boyle County, Kentucky, 1774-1992, (Bicentennial Books, 1992), 7. Boyle County, Kentucky 1861-10-23 Legal/Financial English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": 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.

State of Kentucky -- Boyle County Court -- October 23d 1861

At a County Court held by us this day, under summons of the ^County^ Clerk to fill the vacancy in the office of Presiding Judge, occasioned by the resignation of Hon. Speed S. Fry, we certify that James P. Mitchell, Esq. was duly elected to fill said vacancy until the next regular election.

Given under our hands, this 23d day of October, 1861.

S. P. Burton J. H. Fife W. H. Prewitt Clifton Rodes Henry Bruce J. W. Hamner C. T. Worthington H. P. Bottom Justices of the Peace.

Att: Jas F. Zimmerman C. B. C. C. A Copy: Att: Jas F. Zimmerman, Clerk

Boyle Co Pres: Judge J. P. Mitchell vice S. S. Fry resigned

Com IssdOcto 30. 1861