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Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island 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. Henry Martin (Providence County, Rhode Island, justice of the peace, notary public, and commissioner of deeds) N00018726 1792-06-11 1879-03-05 Categories: People

Providence County, Rhode Island, conveyancer, justice of the peace, notary public, and commissioner of deeds. Rhode Island native. Married to Marcy Sheldon Martin in Providence County, Rhode Island, on October 6, 1811. Father of Julia H. Martin and Sarah S. Martin Fogg. Conveyancer in Providence County, Rhode Island, in 1850. Notary public in Providence County in 1853. Justice of the peace in in Providence County in 1853. Commissioner of deeds in Providence County in 1853. Notary public in Providence County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Providence County in 1860. Commissioner of deeds in Providence County in 1860. Notary public in Providence County in 1861. Commissioner of deeds for Kentucky in Rhode Island in 1862. Notary public in Providence County in 1863. Justice of the peace in Providence County in 1863. Notary public in Providence County in 1865. Justice of the peace in Providence County in 1865.

Relationships Political: James W. Tate ("Honest Dick" Asst. Sec of State 1859-1863) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Providence County, Providence, Ward 4, p. 227B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Providence County, Providence, District 2, p. 5. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Providence County, Providence, District 2, p. 238B-239A. Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636-1850 Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, Providence, Rhode Island, vol. 17, p. 469. The Providence Directory Containing Names of the Inhabitants, Their Occupations, Places of Business and of Residence, (Providence: H.H. Brown, 1853), 207. The Providence Directory, Containing a General Directory of the Citizens, Business Directory and City Record and a Variety of Useful Information, (Providence: Adams, Sampson & Co., 1860), 97. The Providence Directory, Containing a General Directory of the Citizens, Business Directory and City Record and a Variety of Useful Information, (Providence: Adams, Sampson & Co., 1861), 184. The Providence Directory, Containing a General Directory of the Citizens, Business Directory and City Record of the City Government, (Providence: Adams, Sampson & Co., 1863), 95. The Providence Directory, Containing a General Directory of the Citizens, Business Directory and City Record of the City Government, (Providence: Adams, Sampson & Co., 1865), 104. "Henry Martin (1792-1879)," Find A Grave, Memorial 33496753, accessed October 3, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33496753. KYR-0001-017-0291 John Russell Bartlett (Providence, Rhode Island, cashier, merchant, United States Commissioner, and Secretary of State of Rhode Island) N00019162 1805-10-23 1886-05-28 Categories: People

Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, cashier, merchant, United States Commissioner, and Secretary of State of Rhode Island. Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, native. Son of Smith Bartlett and Nancy Russell Bartlett. Married to Eliza Allen Rhodes in Rhode Island on May 15, 1831. Father of Elizabeth Dorrance Bartlett, Anna Russell Bartlett, Henry Anthony Bartlett, George Francis Bartlett, John Russell Bartlett, Leila Bartlett, and Fanny Osgood Bartlett. Married to Ellen Eddy Bartlett in New York City, New York County, New York, on November 12, 1863. Cashier of the Globe Bank in Providence from 1831 to 1837. Merchant in New York City from 1837 to 1849. Resident of Kent County, Rhode Island, in 1850. United States Commissioner from 1850 to 1853. Secretary of State of Rhode Island from 1855 until 1872. Resident of Providence in 1860.

Relationships Political: Nathaniel Gaither, Jr. (Adair County, Kentucky, attorney, sec of state, pvt 6th KY Cav CSA) Political: Henry Martin (Providence County, Rhode Island, justice of the peace, notary public, and commissioner of deeds) Political: State of Rhode Island

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Rhode Island, Kent County, Warwick, p. 113A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Rhode Island, Providence County, Providence Ward 2, p. 39B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Rhode Island, Providence County, Providence Ward 2, p. 260A. Rhode Island, U.S. Vital Extracts, 1636-1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, Volume 10: Town and Church Records: Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, p. 199. John Russell Bartlett, Genealogy of that Branch of the Russell Family Which Comprises the Descendants of John Russell, of Woburn, Massachusetts, 1640-1878 (Providence, RI: Providence Press Company, 1879), 129-135. William Gammell, Life and Services of the Hon. John Russell Bartlett: A Paper Read before the Rhode Island Historical Society (Providence, RI: The Providence Press Company, 1886), 3-20. "John Russell Bartlett (1805-1886)," Find A Grave, Memorial 62619806, accessed January 18, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62619806. Providence, Rhode Island P00018725 Categories: Places

Capital of Rhode Island. Seat of Providence County, Rhode Island. Located on Narragansett Bay and the Providence River.

41.8329, -71.4376 "Providence, Rhode Island," Encyclopedia Britannica, accessed October 3, 2022, https://www.britannica.com/place/providence-rhode-island. "Providence, Rhode Island," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed October 3, 2022, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Rhode Island P00002519 Categories: Places

State in the northeastern United States. Capital at Providence. Located on the Atlantic Ocean.

41.824, -71.4128 Bradford Fuller Swan, Marion I. Wright, and J. Stanley Lemons, "Rhode Island," Encyclopedia Britannica, accessed May 22, 2017, https://www.britannica.com/place/Rhode-Island-state. "Providence, Rhode Island," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed September 22, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. State of Rhode Island O00018838 1776-05-04 Categories: Organizations

Administrative body of the state of Rhode Island. Capital at Providence, Rhode Island. Governor(s): Thomas Goodwin Turner (1859-1860), William Sprague (1860-1863), William Cole Cozzens (1863), and James Youngs Smith (1863-1866).

"Former Governors - Rhode Island," National Governors Association, accessed November 2, 2022, https://www.nga.org/former-governors/rhode-island/. 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. Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island 1861-12-30 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 2 of page "1": 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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State of Rhode Island, &c. Secretary's Office, Providence,

December 30th A.D. 1861 Nat. GaitherEsqr Secretary of State Sir

Mr Henry Martin, of this city, who has been for several years a commissioner of Deeds for Kentucky desires to be re-appointed

Mr Martin is well known to me, and I take great pleasure in recommending him as an efficient officer, and every way qualified to fill the office of Commissioner

I am very respectfully Your obedient servant John R. Bartlett Sec'y of State

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Comr of Deeds Henry Martin Providence ComdJany 13. 1862