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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-0001-017-0282 MG4-216

John C. Adams (Greenup County, Kentucky, judge and lawyer) N00017479 1825? Categories: People

Greenup County, Kentucky, judge and attorney. Ohio native. Son of Joseph Adams. Attorney in Knox County, Ohio, in 1850. Judge of the Greenup County Court in Greenup County, Kentucky, from 1858-1861. Attorney in Greenup County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Greenup Circuit Court Legal: Greenup County Court Legal: Jeremiah Davidson (Greenup County, Kentucky, attorney and newspaper publisher) Legal: George E. Roe (Greenup County, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: John S. Jones (Greenup County, Kentucky, county court clerk, postmaster, iron manufacturer & manager ) Legal: John Seaton (Greenup County, KY, judge) Legal: Ninth Judicial District of Kentucky Legal: Kentucky Court of Appeals Social: John Seaton (Greenup County, KY, judge) Legal: John Brough (Twenty-sixth Governor of the State of Ohio, newspaper editor, railroad president, and politician.) Political: Elijah Connor Phister (Mason County, KY, circuit court judge, attorney, and later? mayor) Political: Jonathan Williams (Greenup County, Kentucky, master collier.) Political: James Lawrence Waring (Greenup County, Kentucky, resident and farmer.) Political: Charles M. Smith (Greenup County, Kentucky, farmer.) Political: J. J. Thompson (Signed a petition to nominate Jeremiah Moor to fill a vacancy on the Greenup County Court.) Political: Andrew Suter Meek (Greenup County, Kentucky, day laborer and farmer.) Political: James Frisby (Greenup County, Kentucky, farmer and physician.) Political: Daniel McGarey (Greenup County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Thomas M. Gambol (Greenup County, Kentucky, resident) Political: George W. Truitt (Greenup County, KY, farmer) Political: Matthew L. Thompson (Greenup County, KY, farmer) Political: Jeremiah Moore (Greenup County, KY, farmer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Knox County, Monroe, p. 299A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States(1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Greenup County, East Little Sandy, p. 839. "An Act for the benefit of John C. Adams, judge of the Greenup quarterly court," Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, (Frankfort, Ky: John B. Major and W. R. Hughes Public Printer, 1861, 1862, and 1863), 158. Samuel S. Smith (Greenup County) N00002469 1822? Categories: People

Greenup County, Kentucky, farmer. New York native. Married to Nancy Smith. Father of Oliver W. Smith, Abigail R. Smith, and Eva L. Smith. Farmer in Greenup County, Kentucky, in 1860. Justice of the Peace in Greenup County in 1860. Employed Eliza Dooly as a domestic servant in Greenup County in 1860.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: Greenup County Court Social: Jonathan Williams (Greenup County, Kentucky, master collier.) Social: James Lawrence Waring (Greenup County, Kentucky, resident and farmer.) Social: J. J. Thompson (Signed a petition to nominate Jeremiah Moor to fill a vacancy on the Greenup County Court.) Social: Andrew Suter Meek (Greenup County, Kentucky, day laborer and farmer.) Social: James Frisby (Greenup County, Kentucky, farmer and physician.) Social: Daniel McGarey (Greenup County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Thomas M. Gambol (Greenup County, Kentucky, resident) Social: George W. Truitt (Greenup County, KY, farmer) Social: Matthew L. Thompson (Greenup County, KY, farmer)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Greenup County, p. 727-8. KYR-0001-017-0282. Jeremiah Moore (Greenup County, KY, farmer) N00002470 1810? Categories: People

Greenup County, Kentucky, farmer. Indiana native. Married to Elizabeth Cooley Moore in Scioto County, Ohio, on December 23, 1829. Father of John Moore, Eliza J. Moore, and Elizabeth Moore. Married to Clarissa Moore. Father of George Moore, William Moore, Charles Moore, Nancy Moore, Abigail Moore, Levi Moore, Henry C. Moore, Martha Moore, James H. Moore, and Jonas Moore. Farmer in Greenup County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Greenup County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Arnold Snider (Greenup County, KY, farmer and soldier) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Social: Jonathan Williams (Greenup County, Kentucky, master collier.) Social: James Lawrence Waring (Greenup County, Kentucky, resident and farmer.) Social: Charles M. Smith (Greenup County, Kentucky, farmer.) Social: J. J. Thompson (Signed a petition to nominate Jeremiah Moor to fill a vacancy on the Greenup County Court.) Social: James Frisby (Greenup County, Kentucky, farmer and physician.) Social: Daniel McGarey (Greenup County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Thomas M. Gambol (Greenup County, Kentucky, resident) Social: George W. Truitt (Greenup County, KY, farmer) Social: Matthew L. Thompson (Greenup County, KY, farmer) Political: Samuel S. Smith (Greenup County)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Greenup County, District 1, 256B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Greenup County, p. 728. Ohio Marriage Records, 1774-1993, Scioto County Marriages, Film 000292694, p. 138. Matthew L. Thompson (Greenup County, KY, farmer) N00004589 1814? Categories: People

Greenup County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of William Thompson and Elizabeth Thompson. Laborer in Greenup County, Kentucky in 1850. Farmer in Greenup County in 1860.

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

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Greenup County, District 1, p. 228A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), PopulationSchedules, Kentucky, Greenup County, p. 733. Charles M. Smith (Greenup County, Kentucky, farmer.) N00018964 1810? Categories: People

Greenup County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Ann Ratliff Smith. Father of Robert Smith, John L. Smith, Martha M. Smith, Malinda Lititia Smith, Sarah Elizabeth Smith, Mary H. Smith, Charles A. Smith, William B. Smith, Elvira Smith, and Bird Smith. Farmer in Greenup County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Greenup County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Greenup County, District 1, p. 229B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Greenup County, p. 754-5. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 2322. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 15393. James Frisby (Greenup County, Kentucky, farmer and physician.) N00018839 1825? Categories: People

Greenup County, Kentucky, farmer and physician. Overton County, Kentucky native. Married to Martha A. Frisby. Father of Lavina Frisby, John S. Frisby, Rebecca S. Frisby, and James T. Frisby. Student at Bethany College, Brooke County, Virginia, in 1842. Farmer in Greenup County, Kentucky, in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Overton County, Sixth District, p. 13B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Greenup County, p. 728. Catalogue, and Certain Details of Bethany College (Bethany, VA: A. Campbell: 1842), 5. J. J. Thompson (Signed a petition to nominate Jeremiah Moor to fill a vacancy on the Greenup County Court.) N00018865 Categories: People

Signed a petition in support of Jeremiah Moore to fill the vacancy of Samuel S. Smith as a Justice of the Peace for the Greenup County Court.

KYR-0001-017-0282. George W. Truitt (Greenup County, KY, farmer) N00005823 1829-01-03 1898-11-03 Categories: People

Greenup County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Rebecca Truitt. Father of Mary E. Truitt, Clarissa Truitt, John S. Truitt, George W. Truitt, and James W. Truitt. Farmer in Greenup County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Greenup County in 1860. Employed Joseph Gibson as a day laborer in Greenup County in 1860.

Relationships Social: [Unknown] Osburn (Greenup County, KY, resident)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Greenup County, District 1, p. 228A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Greenup County, p. 726. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Greenup County, Precinct 3, p. 78B. "George W. Truitt (1829-1898)," Find A Grave, Memorial #7348743, accessed April 21, 2020, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7348743. James Lawrence Waring (Greenup County, Kentucky, resident and farmer.) N00018965 1825-04-09 1911-01-08 Categories: People

Greenup County, Kentucky, resident and farmer. Greenup County native. Son of C. H. Waring and Mary Waring. Married to Hannah Spangler Waring in 1851. Father of Charles W. Waring and Anna P. Waring. Resident in Greenup County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned nine enslaved persons in Greenup County in 1850. Farmer in Greenup County in 1860. Employed George H. Fullerton as a minister in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Greenup County, District No. 1, p. 222B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Greenup County, District No. 1, p. 248. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Greenup County, p. 713. “James Lawrence Waring,” The Peabody Gazette-Herald, (Marion County, Kansas) January 12, 1911. "James L. Waring (1825-1911)," Find A Grave, Memorial 9247012, accessed December 2, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9247012. Thomas M. Gambol (Greenup County, Kentucky, resident) N00004591 1821? Categories: People

Greenup County, Kentucky, resident. Missouri native. Married to Elizabeth Foster Gambol in Greenup County, Kentucky, on August 6, 1863. Resident of Greenup County in 1863.

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

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Greenup County Marriages,005552778, p. 340. KYR-0001-020-1590. Daniel McGarey (Greenup County, Kentucky, farmer) N00004603 1831? Categories: People

Greenup County, Kentucky, farmer. Pennsylvania native. Married to Mahala McDowell McGarey in Lewis County, Kentucky, in February 1852. Father of Samantha A. McGarey, Mary F. McGarey, John W. McGarey, Frank McGarey, and Martin McGarey. Farmer in Greenup County in 1860. Employed Elizabeth McDowell as a servant in Greenup County in 1860.

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

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Greenup, p. 732. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Greenup County, Precinct 3, p. 80B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Lewis County Marriages, Film 000344052, p. 118. Andrew Suter Meek (Greenup County, Kentucky, day laborer and farmer.) N00018861 1821? Categories: People

Greenup County, Kentucky, day laborer and farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Thompson Meek. Father of James W. Meek, Milla A. Meek, Sarah E. Meek, and Mary Cynthia Meek. Day laborer in Greenup County, Kentucky, in 1860. Farmer in Greenup County in October 1863. Farmer in Greenup County in 1863.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Greenup County, p. 733. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Greenup County, Precinct No. 3, p. 78B. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Greenup County, KY, October 1863, p. 15. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 54-25845. Jonathan Williams (Greenup County, Kentucky, master collier.) N00018967 1810? Categories: People

Greenup County, Kentucky, master collier. North Carolina native. Married to Lucretia Moore Williams. Father of Nancy A. Williams, Louisa J. Williams, Hiram N. Williams, Mark Williams, Clara Williams, and Matilda Williams. Master collier in Greenup County, Kentucky, in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Greenup County, p. 732. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Greenup County, Precinct 3, p. 77A. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994036, Greenup County Births, p. 5. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 29291. Greenup County Court O00000627 Categories: Organizations

Located in Greenupsburg, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailer, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): John Seaton. Clerk(s): William Corum and George A. Corum.

Relationships Economic: Robert McAllister (Greenup County, Kentucky, farmer) Economic: William Corum (Greenup County, Kentucky, county and circuit clerk) Legal: John S. Jones (Greenup County, Kentucky, county court clerk, postmaster, iron manufacturer & manager ) Legal: Jeremiah Davidson (Greenup County, Kentucky, attorney and newspaper publisher) Legal: George E. Roe (Greenup County, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: John C. Adams (Greenup County, Kentucky, judge and lawyer) Legal: Adolphus Lafayette Reid (Greenup County, Kentucky, farmer, and sheriff. ) Legal: John Seaton (Greenup County, KY, judge) Legal: Jeremiah Moore (Greenup County, KY, farmer)

“Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861,” in 1862 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document 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,” in 1863 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document 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,” in 1864 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document 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,” in 1865 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document 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,” in 1865/66 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document 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,” in 1866 Kentucky Documents, Legislative Document No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-50. Petition English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 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.
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To the Hon, J C Adams

Sir your petitioners would respectfully represent, that whereas a vacancy exists in this (3,rd) Justice's district occasioned by the removal of S S Smith Therefore we would nominate Jeremiah Moor, to fill said vacancy, Hoping that it will be favorably considered by your Honor, and the Greenup County court,,

Petitioners Names

M L Thompson Charles Smith James Frisby, J J Thompson G W Truitt James Waring T m gambol D. mc garey A S meek A S meek

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Jonathan Williams