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Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana Nathaniel Gaither, Jr. (Adair County, Kentucky, attorney, sec of state, pvt 6th KY Cav CSA) N00002525 1835-01-01 1894-12-19 Categories: People

Adair County, Kentucky, attorney, statesman, and soldier. Adair County native. Son of Nathaniel Gaither and Martha Morrison Gaither. Married to Susan Shelby Magoffin Gaither on September 25, 1861. Resident of Adair County in 1850. Household owned eighteen enslaved persons in Adair County in 1850. Admitted to the bar in Adair County. School commissioner and county attorney. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1859 to 1861. Attorney in Adair County in 1860. Secretary of state of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from October 2, 1861, to August 18, 1862. Served in the 6th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.) as a private.

Relationships Legal: Robert H. Thompson (Bourbon County) Political: Edwin McMasters Stanton (US attorney general and secretary of war) Political: Theodore Dehon Rand (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soldier and attorney) Military: Military Board of Kentucky Social: John Baylor Temple (Frankfort, Kentucky, banker and attorney; Preident of the Military Board of Kentucky) Social: Philip Swigert (Frankfort banker, Military Board member & secretary) Social: Willis Benson Machen (Lyon County, KY, attorney, farmer, iron manufacturer, and politician (KY & Confederate)) Social: Milton A. Cartwright (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Caldwell County, Kentucky Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: Office of the Secretary of State of Kentucky Political: Franklin County Court Political: James W. Tate ("Honest Dick" Asst. Sec of State 1859-1863) Political: Executive Department, Kentucky (U.S.A.) Legal: George W. Gwin (Frankfort, KY, mayor & councilman, merchant, JP) Legal: Thomas Barclay Harrison (Logan County, Kentucky, sheriff) Legal: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Social: Joshua Burdett (Garrard County, Kentucky, attorney) Political: Joseph S. Burdett (Garrard County, Kentucky, farmer, newspaper editor, and notary public) Political: Luther R. Martin (Indianapolis, Indiana, clerk and real estate agent.) Political: William Y. Wiley (Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, real estate agent, broker, life insurance salesman, commissioner of deeds, and soldier) Political: Henry Martin (Providence County, Rhode Island, justice of the peace, notary public, and commissioner of deeds) Political: James E. Stone, Sr. (Hancock County, Kentucky, minister and court clerk.) Political: William R. Mason (Judge of the Hancock County, KY, Court) Political: Timothy Holmes (Hancock County, KY, physician & home guard soldier)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair, District 1, p. 31A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Adair, District 1, p. 171. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair, Columbia, p. 90. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Covington, KY: Collins & Co., 1874), 32. W. H. Perrin, J. H. Battle, and G. C. Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State, 5th ed. (Louisville and Chicago: F. A. Battey and Company, 1885), 862. Michael C. Watson, "An Adair County History," vol. 1 (2001), 71, 83, 221, 226. William Y. Wiley (Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, real estate agent, broker, life insurance salesman, commissioner of deeds, and soldier) N00018411 1816-03-28 1873-01-29 Categories: People

Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, real estate agent, broker, life insurance salesman, commissioner of deeds, and soldier. Pennsylvania native. Married to Mary C. Wiley. Father of Louisa Wiley. Real estate agent in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, in 1860. Employed Bridget Doud as a domestic servant in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, in 1860. Stock and note broker in Indianapolis in 1861. Commissioner of Deeds for the Commonwealth of Kentucky in Indianapolis in 1861. Served as captain and military storekeeper in the Ordnance Department (U.S.A) from March 10, 1863 to September 30, 1870.

Relationships Political: Nathaniel Gaither, Jr. (Adair County, Kentucky, attorney, sec of state, pvt 6th KY Cav CSA)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Indiana, Marion County, Second ward, p. 140. Indianapolis Directory, and Business Mirror, for 1861 ed. James Sutherland (Indianapolis, IN: Bowen, Stewart & Co., Publishers and Booksellers, 1861), 10, 258, 277, 281, 303, 306. Letters Received by the Commission Branch of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1863-1870 NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M1064, Roll #0063. Letters Received by the Commission Branch of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1863-1870 NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M1064, Roll #0523. "Mrs. Eliza G. Wiley Dead," The Indianapolis Journal (Indianapolis, Indiana), February 17, 1902, p. 3. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Indianapolis, IN: Alexander H. Conner, State Printer, 1869), Statistics and Documents, p. 183. "Sudden and Mysterious Death," The Evening News (Indianapolis, Indiana), January 30, 1873, p. 4. "Capt William Y Wiley (1816-1873)," Find A Grave, Memorial 46048244, Accessed August 17, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46048244. Luther R. Martin (Indianapolis, Indiana, clerk and real estate agent.) N00018415 1834? 1875-10-23 Categories: People

Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, clerk and real estate agent. Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland, native. Son of David Martin and Catharine Martin. Married to Louise C. Staats Martin. Father of Margaret Martin. Resident of Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland, in 1850. Clerk in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, in 1860. Real estate agent in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, in 1861. Real estate broker in Marion County, Indiana in 1863.

Relationships Economic: William Y. Wiley (Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, real estate agent, broker, life insurance salesman, commissioner of deeds, and soldier) Legal: William Y. Wiley (Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, real estate agent, broker, life insurance salesman, commissioner of deeds, and soldier)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, Ward 14, pp. 432A-432B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Indiana, Marion County, Indianapolis, Ward 2, p. 113. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Indiana, Marion County, Indianapolis, Ward 1, p. 4A. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Marion County, IN, June 1863, p. 424. "Death of Luther R. Martin," The Evening News (Indianapolis, Indiana), October 25, 1875. Indiana Death Certificates, 1900–2011, Indiana State Department of Health and Vital Records, Indiana Archives and Records Administration, Indianapolis, IN, Certificate #17274. Indianapolis Directory, and Business Mirror, for 1861 ed. James Sutherland (Indianapolis: Bowen, Stewart & Co., Publishers and Booksellers, 1861), 192. Indianapolis, Indiana P001820 Categories: Places

Capital of Indiana. Seat of Marion County, Indiana. Located at the confluence of the White River and Fall Creek.

39.7684, -86.158 "Indianapolis," in Encyclopaedia Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/place/Indianapolis-Indiana, (accessed April 13, 2018). USGS: Earth Explorer, “Indianapolis, Indiana," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on April 15, 2021). Indiana P001818 Categories: Places

State in the midwestern United States. Capital at Indianapolis. Located on the Ohio River and Lake Michigan.

39.7684, -86.158 Encyclopedia of Indianapolis, ed. David J. Bodenhamer and Robert G. Barrows (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1994), 52. William Vincent D'Antonio and Robert L. Beck, "Indiana," Encyclopædia Britannica, accessed September 11, 2017, https://www.britannica.com/place/Indiana-state. "Indianapolis, Indiana," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed October 4, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Frankfort, Kentucky P00000308 Categories: Places

Capital of Kentucky. Seat of Franklin County, Kentucky. Located on the Kentucky River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 16, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987), 108. 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). Marion County, Indiana P00005186 Categories: Places

County in central Indiana. Seat at Indianapolis.

39.7684, -86.158 Ronald L. Baker and Marvin Carmony, Indiana Place Names (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1975), 98. USGS: Earth Explorer, “Indianapolis, Indiana," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on April 15, 2021). Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana 1861-11-02 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 2 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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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Indianapolis Ind Nov 2,, "61 Secretary of State Frankfort Ken -- Dr Sir

Being in receipt of Commission bearing date Oct 30" 1861. I herewith transmit my oath of Office as "Commissioner of Deeds" for the State of Kentucky --

Yours Truly William Y. Wiley

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State of Indiana County of Marion City of Indianapolis } ss

Be it remembered that on this second day of November A D 1861. before me Luther R Martin a Notary Public in and for the County and State aforesaid personally came William Y. Wiley personally to me Known who being first by me duly sworn upon his oath says that he will well and faithfully execute and perform all the duties of his office of "Commissioner" of Deeds" for the State of Kentucky in Indiana --

William Y. Wiley

NOTARY PUBLIC SEAL INDIANAPOLIS MARION COUNTY IND.

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written Witness my hand and notarial seal --

Luther R Martin Notary Public

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Indiana

Oath

Wm Y. Wiley Comr of Deeds Filed Octo 5, 1861