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Saint Louis, Saint Louis County, Missouri George E. Harding (St. Louis, Missouri, merchant and bank president.) N00018776 1827? 1863-03-26 Categories: People

St. Louis, Missouri, merchant and bank president. Kentucky native. Son of William L. Harding and America Harding. Married to Leannah McClelland in Logan County, Kentucky, in September 1848. Father of Nannie Harding, Clara Harding, and America Harding. Merchant in Logan County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Logan County in 1850. Merchant in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in St. Louis in 1860. President of Union Bank of Missouri in 1861. Owned Mike [Unknown] in St. Louis in 1863.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Social: Rudolph Mackwitz (St. Louis, Missouri, secretary, notary, and claims agent.) Political: James W. Tate ("Honest Dick" Asst. Sec of State 1859-1863)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, Russellville, p. 66B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, Russellville. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Missouri, St. Louis County, St. Louis Ward 5, p. 142. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Missouri, St Louis County, St Louis Ward 5, p. 342B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Logan County Marriages, Film 000364500. Missouri, Wills and Probate Records, 1766-1988, St. Louis, Probate Court, 1816-1928, pgs. 195-197. "America Hise Harding (1809-1864)," Find A Grave, Memorial 143543954, accessed October 18, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143543954. "George E. Harding (unknown-1863)," Find A Grave, Memorial 144005622, accessed October 10, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144005622. KYR-0001-017-0258. J. B. Cates (St. Louis, Missouri, cashier) N00018777 1829-03-25 1877-02-14 Categories: People

St. Louis, Missouri, cashier. Kentucky native. Cashier of Union Bank of Missouri in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1860. Banker in St. Louis in 1863.

Relationships Economic: George E. Harding (St. Louis, Missouri, merchant and bank president.) Political: James W. Tate ("Honest Dick" Asst. Sec of State 1859-1863)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Missouri, St. Louis County, St. Louis Ward 5, p. 256. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, MO, 1863. "Joseph Byron Cates (1829-1877)," Find A Grave, Memorial 24489104, accessed October 18, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24489104. James W. Tate ("Honest Dick" Asst. Sec of State 1859-1863) N00001223 1831-01-02 Categories: People

Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer, post office clerk, and state official. Franklin County, Kentucky, native. Son of Thomas L. Tate and Nancy Taylor Tate. Married to Lucy J. Hawkins Tate in Woodford County, Kentucky, on June 3, 1856. Father of Howard S. Tate and Edmonia Tate. Clerk of the U.S. Post Office in Frankfort, Franklin County, in 1848. Farmer in Franklin County in 1850. Assistant secretary of state of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1854 to 1855 and from 1859 to 1863. Owned two enslaved persons in Frankfort in 1860. Assistant clerk of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1865 to 1867.

Relationships Political: Benjamin F. Graves (Lexington, Kentucky, attorney, judge, and politician.) Political: John Cawein (Louisville restaurant owner and merchant) Political: Thomas Sullivan (Louisville, Jefferson Co) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: George W. Thompson (Parke County, Indiana, merchant, attorney, deed commissioner, and court clerk) Political: William Alexander (Brandenburg, Meade Co. lawyer) Political: James F. Overton (Meade Co. Ky miller) Political: Enos Keith (Meade Co, Ky) Political: Alexander Bell Patrick (Breathitt Co & Cir Ct Clerk, private CSA) Political: Joshua Spering (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, attorney, commissioner of deeds, and councilman) Economic: Joshua Spering (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, attorney, commissioner of deeds, and councilman) Political: Theodore Dehon Rand (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soldier and attorney) Political: Oscar J. Somes (McCracken County, Kentucky, bank teller and capt 3rd Ky Inf (C.S.A)) Political: Josiah Stoddard Byers (McCracken County, Kentucky, bookstore clerk, midshipman, captain 3rd Ky Inf CSA) Political: Commercial Bank of Kentucky Political: Executive Department, Kentucky (U.S.A.) Political: Thomas Dugan (Portsmouth, Ohio, banker and commissioner of deeds) Political: Charles James Brenham (San Francisco, California, notary public and commissioner of deeds) Political: Theodore M. Morgan (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, businessman and commissioner, captain 98th NY Inf USA) Political: State Department of Kentucky Political: Joseph Tucker (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, resident) Political: Daniel Carmichael Wickliffe (Lexington, Kentucky, attorney, editor and secretary of state) Political: Office of the Secretary of State of Kentucky Political: John G. Douglass (Cincinnati, Ohio, attorney and commissioner of deeds) Legal: John Marshall Harlan (Kentucky atty general, colonel 10th Ky Inf (USA), and attorney)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 22B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort District No. 1, p. 259. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort District No. 1, p. 491B. James C. Klotter, "Tate, James W." in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 867-68. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994058, Woodford County Marriages. Rudolph Mackwitz (St. Louis, Missouri, secretary, notary, and claims agent.) N00018782 1828? Categories: People

St. Louis, Missouri, secretary and notary. Native of Germany. Married to Anna Sophia Hatawa Mackwitz in St. Louis, Missouri. Secretary of the St. Louis Builders Association in St. Louis in 1860. Employed Caroline Huffman as a servant in St. Louis in 1860. Notary in St. Louis in 1863. Claims agent and attorney in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1864.

Relationships Social: George E. Harding (St. Louis, Missouri, merchant and bank president.) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: James W. Tate ("Honest Dick" Asst. Sec of State 1859-1863) Political: J. B. Cates (St. Louis, Missouri, cashier) Political: George E. Harding (St. Louis, Missouri, merchant and bank president.)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Missouri, St. Louis County, St. Louis, Ward 5, p. 68. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, St. Louis County, MO, June-Sept. 1863, p. 202. Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Kentucky, 1862-1866 NARA RG 58, Microfilm Series M776, Roll 4, St. Louis County, Missouri, 1864, p. 213. Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805-2002, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City, MO, St. Louis County, p. 375 "Rudolph Mackwitz (unknown-1887)," Find A Grave, Memorial 142823034, accessed October 11, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142823034. KYR-0001-017-0260. St. Louis, Missouri P00003268 Categories: Places

City in east-central Missouri. Located on the Mississippi River.

38.627, -90.1994 USGS: Earth Explorer, "St. Louis, Missouri," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on May 4, 2020). 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. Missouri P00001883 Categories: Places

State in the central United States. Capital at Jefferson City, Missouri. Located on the Mississippi River.

38.5767, -92.1735 “Jefferson City, Missouri," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed November 18, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Milton D. Rafferty and Edwin J. Westermann, "Missouri," Encyclopedia Britannica, accessed May 22, 2017, https://www.britannica.com/place/Missouri-state. Union Bank of Missouri O00018783 1859 Categories: Organizations

Bank located in St. Louis, Missouri. President: George E. Harding. Bank Cashier: J.B. Cates.

Relationships Economic: J. B. Cates (St. Louis, Missouri, cashier) Economic: George E. Harding (St. Louis, Missouri, merchant and bank president.)

"Financial Matters," Daily Missouri Republican (St. Louis, MO), May 10, 1859. KYR-0001-017-0258. 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. Saint Louis, Saint Louis County, Missouri 1861-12-03 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 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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Geo. E. Harding. Prest.CAPITAL $1.500.000 J. B. Cates, Cashier Union Bank of Missouri St. Louis Decr 3rd 1861 Jas W. Tate Esqr ass sec of State of Ky Frankfort Dr Sir,

Yours of 29" ult recd this A.M. enclosing commission for Mr Rudolph Mackwitz,,

I herein return You his oath of office, and also five Dollars State Tax

Yours Respt Geo. E. Harding

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Missouri

Comr of Deeds Rudolph Mackwitz Oath

Filed Decr. 4. 1861