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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-0001-017-0256 MG4-185

New York, New York County, New York Sylvester Lay (New York City, New York, attorney and government official) N00018698 1830? Categories: People

New York City, New York County, New York, attorney and government official. New York native. Attorney in New York City in 1860. Served as the Commissioner of Deeds for Kentucky in New York in 1861.

Relationships Political: James W. Tate ("Honest Dick" Asst. Sec of State 1859-1863) Political: Nathaniel Gaither, Jr. (Adair County, Kentucky, attorney, sec of state, pvt 6th KY Cav CSA) Legal: Joseph Benjamin Nones (New York County, New York, lawyer, commissioner of deeds, and notary) Legal: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, New York, New York County, New York Ward 20 District 5, p. 89. KYR-0001-017-0256. Joseph Benjamin Nones (New York County, New York, lawyer, commissioner of deeds, and notary) N00015115 1797? 1887? Categories: People

New York City, New York, attorney, commissioner of deeds, and notary public. Pennsylvania native. Son of Benjamin Nones and Miriam Marks Nones. Married to Eveline Leon Nones in New York City, New York, on July 24, 1823. Father of Serena Nones, Leonara Nones, Alexander H. Nones, and Emily D. Nones. Attorney in New York City in 1857. Attorney in New York City in 1861. Commissioner of Deeds for the State of Kentucky in New York City in 1861. Attorney in New York City in 1862. Notary in New York City in 1863. Attorney in New York County in 1865.

Relationships Political: State of New York Political: William Ponsonby Furniss (New York County, New York, merchant, lawyer, notary public, and commissioner of deeds) Political: James W. Tate ("Honest Dick" Asst. Sec of State 1859-1863) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: Sylvester Lay (New York City, New York, attorney and government official) Political: Nathaniel Gaither, Jr. (Adair County, Kentucky, attorney, sec of state, pvt 6th KY Cav CSA)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, New York, New York County, New York City, p. 373A. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, New York, Ny, Nones, National #52292, State 5348. United States, Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast (1704-1930), New York, New York Evening Post, Marriage, 1822-1825, p. 37. Trow’s New York City Directory for the Year Ending May 1, 1857 ed. H. Wilson (New York: John F. Trow, 1857), 621. Trow’s New York City Directory for the Year Ending May 1, 1861 ed. H. Wilson (New York: John F. Trow, 1861), 644. Trow’s New York City Directory for the Year Ending May 1, 1862 ed. H. Wilson (New York: John F. Trow, 1862), 640. Trow’s New York City Directory for the Year Ending May 1, 1863 ed. H. Wilson (New York: John F. Trow, 1863), 653. Trow’s New York City Directory for the Year Ending May 1, 1865 ed. H. Wilson (New York: John F. Trow, 1865), 661. KYR-0001-017-0165. 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. New York City, New York P00002569 Categories: Places

City in New York County, New York. Located at the confluence of the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean.

40.7128, -74.0059 George Lankevich, "New York City" in Encyclopedia Britannica, accessed May 22, 2017, https://www.britannica.com/place/New-York-City. “New York, New York," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed April 15, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. New York County, New York P00014414 Categories: Places

County in southeastern New York. Seat at New York City.

40.7743, -73.9698 "New York County, New York," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed May 10, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. State of New York O00014237 1788-07-26 Categories: Organizations

Government of the state of New York. Capital at Albany, New York. Governor(s): Edwin Denison Morgan (1859-1863), Horatio Seymour (1863-1865), and Reuben Eaton Fenton (1865-1869).

Relationships Political: Edwin Denison Morgan (Albany County, New York, governor, merchant, maj genl Dpt of New York in US Army, U. S. senator) Political: Lockwood Lyon Doty (Albany County, New York, executive secretary and soldier)

Alan K. Campbell and Paul Joseph Scudiere, in Encyclopedia Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/place/New-York-state, (accessed April 11, 2021). National Governors Association, Former Governors of New York, https://www.nga.org/former-governors/new-york/, (accessed April 11, 2021). 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. New York, New York County, New York 1861-11-22 Legal/Financial English 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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State of New York City & County of New York ss:

I Sylvester Lay of said city to hereby solemnly swear that I will well and truly execute perform the & discharge the duties of the Office of Commissioner of the State of Kentucky according to the laws of the State of Kentucky to the best of my ability So help me God.

Sylvester Lay

Subscribed and sworn to before me November 22, 1861

J. B. Nones Commr of Kentucky for New York.

JOSEPH B. NONES COMMISSIONER OF Kentucky FOR NEW YORK

Hon Secy State of Kentucky

The following is a description of my seal of Office. and heretofore sent to you.

New York Nov 22, 1861

Yours &c Sylvester Lay

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SYLVESTER LAY NEW YORK COMMISSIONER.

New York

Oath Sylvester Lay Comr of Deeds Filed Nov 25 1861