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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-0001-017-0293 MG4-230

Allen County, Kentucky Richard W. Edmunds (Allen County, Kentucky, carpenter and justice of the peace) N00018727 1802? 1869-10 Categories: People

Allen County, Kentucky, carpenter and justice of the peace. Virginia native. Married to Sarah A. Pulliam Edmunds in Allen County, Kentucky, on November 13, 1826. Father of Margaret E. Edmunds Reed, E.C. Edmunds, Catherine A. Edmunds Read, G.E. Edmunds, Louisa Edmunds, and M. Edmonds. Carpenter in Allen County in 1850. Carpenter in Allen County in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Allen County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Allen County in 1862.

Relationships Political: Allen County Court Political: N. K. Pope (Presiding Judge Allen Co.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Allen County, p. 114A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Allen County, Scottsville, 359. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Allen County, Scottsville, p. 23A-B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Mortality Schedules, Kentucky, Allen County, District 1, p. 3. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Allen County Marriages, Film 000851644, p. 12. N. K. Pope (Presiding Judge Allen Co.) N00001708 1795? Categories: People

Allen County, Kentucky, judge. Virginia native. Married Marthy Pope. Father of W. R. Pope. Presiding Judge of the Allen County Court in 1860.

Relationships Political: Allen County Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Allen County, Buttersville District, p. 14. Samuel E. Carpenter (Allen County, Kentucky, farmer and county court clerk proterm ) N00018729 1795-02-09 1877-03-24 Categories: People

Allen County, Kentucky, farmer and clerk. North Carolina native. Married to Sarah Downing Carpenter in Barren County, Kentucky, on June 2, 1814. Father of Joseph D. Carpenter, Ann H. Carpenter Orr, Benjamin Carpenter, James Carpenter, Elizabeth Carpenter Hudson, Samuel Carpenter, Sarah G. Carpenter, and Mary F. Carpenter Dixon. Married to Sarah Jane Bryant Harland Carpenter in Allen County on October 31, 1857. Father of Dorinda Carpenter. Farmer in Allen County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned twenty-seven enslaved persons in Allen County in 1850. Farmer in Allen County in 1860. Owned twenty-nine enslaved persons in Allen County in 1860. Clerk of the Allen County Court in 1862.

Relationships Political: Allen County Court Political: Richard W. Edmunds (Allen County, Kentucky, carpenter and justice of the peace) Political: N. K. Pope (Presiding Judge Allen Co.)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Allen County, p. 132B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Allen County, p. 58. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Allen County, Puncheon District, p. 310. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Allen County, Puncheon District, p. 22A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Allen County, District 1, p. 160B-161A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Allen County Marriages, Film 005552462, p. 40-41. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Allen County Marriages, Film 004261077, p. 32. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994027, Allen County Marriages, p. 46. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994027, Allen County Births. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994027, Allen County Marriages, p. 47. Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Allen County Wills, vol. D-E, 1825-1902. "Samuel Eaker Carpenter (1795-1877)," Find A Grave, Memorial 59472983, accessed October 3, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59472983. 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). Allen County, Kentucky P001025 Categories: Places

County in south central Kentucky. Seat at Scottsville. Located on the Barren River.

36.7534, -86.1905 "Allen County," in The Encyclopedia of Kentucky, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 2002), 16. “Scottsville, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed October 5, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Allen County Court O00000591 Categories: Organizations

Located in Scottsville, Allen County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): William Mansfield. Clerk(s): J. N. Fitzpatrick, Samuel Carpenter, G. M. Mulligan, and J. H. Collins.

Relationships Legal: John C. Wray (Allen County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Daniel Wray (Allen County, Kentucky) Legal: William Mansfield (Justice of the Peace of Allen County Court) Legal: Sabrina Gaines Wray (Scottsville, Kentucky, resident)

“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), 303-308; “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), 301-306; “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), 347-350. Allen County, Kentucky 1862-01 Order English Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 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 Ky. Allen County Allen County Court. Jany. term 1862.

The resignation of R W Edmunds Esq. was this day filed and ordered to be recorded

N K Pope Judge of the allen county court,

Sir Receive this as my resignation as one of the magistrates for district No 1 of Allen county Ky. to take effect when my Successor is qualified

January 13th 1862.

R W Edmunds

I Samuel Carpenter clerk protem of the Allen County Court, certify that the above is a true copy of the resignation of R W Edmunds a Justice of the peace for this county in district No 1 as appears of record in my office

Samuel Carpenter clk protem