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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-0001-017-0249 MG4-177 to MG4-178

Denver, Colorado Territory Isaac Irvine Moore (Clark County, Kentucky, farmer.) N00017803 1825-10-08 1879-06-20 Categories: People

Clark County, Kentucky, farmer. Clark County, Kentucky, native. Son of Thomas Ransdale Moore and Eveline Walker Hockaday Moore. Married to Emily Malone Raymond Moore in Hamilton County, Ohio, on March 25, 1856. Father of Ervine Moore, Florence Moore, and Thomas H. Moore. Farmer in Clark County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Clark County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Clark County in 1860. Held six additional enslaved persons in trust in Clark County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Baxter Bradford Stiles (Denver, Colorado, student, lawyer, and Supreme Court clerk)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 1, p. 815. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 2, p. 15. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 2, p. 8. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Minnesota, Douglas County, Superior, p. 76B. Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Mortality Schedules, Minnesota, Duluth County, St. Paul, p. 2. "Another Old Settler Gone. Death of Isaac I. Moore," The Superior Times (Superior, WI), June 7, 1879, p. 4. Ohio Marriage Records, 1774-1993, Greene County Marriages, Film 000344470. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Louisville, Ky, National 67401, State 1406. Baxter Bradford Stiles (Denver, Colorado, student, lawyer, and Supreme Court clerk) N00018766 1825? 1889-09-30 Categories: People

Denver, Colorado, student, attorney, and Supreme Court clerk. Vermont native. Son of Asahel Stiles and Nancy Bradford. Married to Caroline J. Lane on August 1, 1854. Student in Orange County, Vermont, in 1850. Attorney in Chicago, Illinois, in 1860. Clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States of America in Denver, Colorado, in 1861.

Relationships Political: Supreme Court of the United States

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Vermont, Orange County, Newbury, p. 102A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago Ward 1, p. 212. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Colorado Territory, Arapahoe County, Denver, p. 14B. Mary Stiles (Paul) Guild, The Stiles Family in America: Genealogies of the Massachusetts Family, Descendants of Robert Stiles of Rowley, Mass. 1659-1891. And the Dover, N. H., Family, Descendants of William stiles of Dover, N. H. 1702-1891 (: Albany, NY: Joel Munsell’s Sons, 1892), p. 486-487. "Baxter Stiles (1825-1889)," Find A Grave, Memorial #9365327, accessed October 7, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9365327. Colorado Territory P00014385 Categories: Places

Territory in the central western United States. Capital at Colorado City (1861–62) and Golden City (1862–67).

39.7555, -105.2211 "An Act To Provide a Temporary Government for the Territory of Colorado", https://www.loc.gov/law/help/statutes-at-large/36th-congress/session-2/c36s2ch59.pdf. "Golden, Colorado," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed May 4, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Michael D. Troyer, "Colorado Territory", Colorado Encyclopedia, accessed May 4, 2021, https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/colorado-territory. Denver, Colorado Territory P00009425 Categories: Places

Seat of Arapahoe County. Provisional capital of the Jefferson Territory from October 24, 1869, to February 28, 1861. Located at the confluence of the South Platte River and Cherry Creek.

39.7392, -104.9903 John L. Dietz, Gregory Lewis Mcnamee, M. John Loeffler, "Colorado" in Encyclopedia Britannica, (https://www.britannica.com/place/Colorado-state). Michael D. Troyer, "Colorado Territory", Colorado Encyclopedia, accessed May 4, 2021, https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/colorado-territory. Thomas J. Noel, "Denver," Colorado Encyclopedia, https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/denver United States of America P001802 Categories: Places

Capital at Washington, District of Columbia.

38.8951, -77.0364 Karl Patterson Schmidt et al., "United States" in Encyclopedia Britannica, (https://www.britannica.com/place/United-States) (accessed May 26, 2017). USGS: Earth Explorer, "Washington, District of Columbia," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on September 29, 2020). 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). First Judicial District of Colorado Territory O00018767 1861 Categories: Organizations

This Colorado Territory judicial district included Arapahoe, Boulder, Douglas, Jefferson, Larimer, and Weld counties. Judge(s): Benjamin F. Hall.

Relationships Political: Baxter Bradford Stiles (Denver, Colorado, student, lawyer, and Supreme Court clerk)

General Laws, and Joint Resolutions, memorials and Private Acts, Passed at the Second Session of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Colorado, (Denver: Rocky Mountain News Printing Company, 1862), 60. James K. Logan,The Federal Courts of the Tenth Circuit: A History, (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 1992), p. 38-39. 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. Supreme Court of the United States O00011810 1787 Categories: Organizations

Final court of appeals for the Constitution of the United States. Appellate body vested with the authority to act in cases arising under the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States; in controversies to which the United States is a party; in disputes between states or between citizens of different states; and in cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction. Created in 1787, formally established in 1789. At the beginning the Civil War, it contained nine justices, but increased to ten justices in 1863. Civil War-era Justices: John McLean (1830-1861); James M. Wayne (1835-1867); Roger Brooke Taney (1836-64); John Catron (1837-1865); Peter V. Daniel (1842-1860); Robert C. Grier (1846-1870); John Archibald Campbell (1853-1861); Nathan Clifford (1858-1881); Noah H. Swayne (1862-1881); Samuel Freeman Miller (1862-1890); David Davis (1862-1877); Stephen Johnson Field (1863-1897); Salmon P. Chase (1864-1873). Civil War era Chief Justice(s): Roger B. Taney (1836-1864), Salmon P. Chase (1864-1873).

Relationships Legal: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Brian P. Smentkowski, "Supreme Court of the United States," Encylopaedia Brittanica, (accessed online January 14, 2020). Government of the United States of America O00002945 1776-07-04 Categories: Organizations

Administrative body of the United States of America. Comprised of the Legislative Branch, Judicial Branch, and Executive Branch. Capital at Washington, District of Columbia.

Relationships Military: 68th Regiment Kentucky Enrolled Militia Economic: Hiram Barney (New York attorney and customs collector) Political: Leonard B. Cox (Fleming County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Political: William Scott Botts (Fleming County, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Political: George Jackson (Bullitt County, Kentucky, laborer) Political: Hillary G. Jackson (Bullitt County, Kentucky, laborer & private 26th KY Inf USA) Legal: William J. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer. ) Military: Thornton Williams (Scott County, Kentucky, soldier. Formerly enslaved by Urias Offutt, accused of attempted murder.) Political: Urias M. Offutt (Scott County, Kentucky, farmer. and slaveholder.) Military: George W. Rasure (Floyd County, Indiana, resident and soldier.) Military: Amaziah "Samuel" Rasure (Washington County, Indiana, resident and soldier.) Military: David Rasure, Jr. (New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, resident and soldier.) Political: Nelson Trusler (Connersville, Indiana, attorney, politician, and soldier) Political: Robert Alexander Dowell (Crittenden County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Oliver P. Morton (Fourteenth governor of Indiana, attorney, judge, and politician.) Political: John Walter Rutherford (Crittenden County, Kentucky, barkeeper and merchant)

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Territory of Colorado First Judicial District } SS

I, Isaac I. Moore, of the city of Denver in said Territory, do solemnly swear, that I will Support the Constitution of the United States of America, the Constitution of the State of Kentucky and the Organic Law of the Territory of Colorado, and that I will in all things to the best of my ability execute and perform the duties of Commissioner of Deeds for the Commonwealth of Kentucky while residing in the said Territory, so help me God.

Isaac I. Moore

Territory of Colorado First Judicial District } SS

I, B. B. Stiles Clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States of America within and for said Territory hereby certify, that, Isaac I Moore who is personally known to me to be the same person who subscribed the above instrument in writing, appeared before me this day and took the oath, as required by the Law of said Territory.

Witness my hand and the seal of said Supreme Court at Denver in said Teritory this 23d day of Octo. AD 1861

B. B. Stiles Clerk

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Colorado Territory Isaac I. Moore Comr of Deeds Denver City

Filed Nov 21. 1861