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Franklin County, Kentucky Thomas Noble Lindsey (Frankfort, Kentucky, attorney, politician, and paymaster general) N00002539 1808-12-22 1877-11-22 Categories: People

Frankfort, Kentucky, attorney, politician, and paymaster general. Campbell County, Kentucky, native. Son of John B. Lindsey. Married to Isabella P. Weisiger Lindsey in 1834. Father of Daniel W.Lindsey, John B. Lindsey, Maria Lindsey, Lucy W. Lindsey, Thomas N. Lindsey, Mary B. Lindsey, and Joseph W. Lindsey. Married to Lucy Benham Applegate Lindsey. Educated at Augusta College in Augusta, Kentucky. Studied law under Richard Southgate in Newport, Kentucky. Admitted to the bar in 1832. Attorney in Newport. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Franklin County from 1843 to 1845. Commonwealth's attorney in the Eighth Judicial District from 1845 to 1848. Member of the Whig Party. Representative for Franklin County at the 1849 Kentucky Constitutional Convention. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Franklin County in 1850 and from 1855 to 1857. Member of the Democratic Party. Paymaster general of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1861.

Relationships Legal: Edward R. Herndon (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: John Rodman (Franklin County, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: Walter R. Franklin (Frankfort, Kentucky, court clerk) Military: Kentucky State Militia Military: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General)

H. Levin, The Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1897), 125-26. "Thomas N. Lindsey (1808-1877)," Find A Grave, Memorial #68194527, accessed November 9, 2017http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68194527/thomas-noble-lindsey. KYR-0001-019-0141. KYR-0001-029-0576. Walter R. Franklin (Frankfort, Kentucky, court clerk) N00002931 1823-10-01 1899-07-19 Categories: People

Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, court clerk. Frankfort, Kentucky, native. Son of Massie R. Franklin and Elizabeth Franklin. Married Agnes L. Brawner Franklin in Franklin County on July 27, 1854. Father of Mary C. Franklin, Philip S. Franklin, Robert B. Franklin, and Walter M. Franklin. Clerk in Franklin County in 1850. Clerk in Frankfort in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Frankfort in 1860. Member of the Masonic Order in Frankfort.

Relationships Social: Leslie Combs (Clerk of the Court of Appeals) Social: Newton Dean (Frankfort, Kentucky, farmer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 108B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 389. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 501A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 154B. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994034, Franklin County Marriages/Deaths. "Death of Walter R. Franklin, Esq.," The Frankfort Roundabout (Frankfort, KY), July 22, 1899, p. 1. "Fifty-One Years a Mason," The Frankfort Roundabout (Frankfort, KY), August 12, 1899, p. 3. "Walter R. Franklin (1823-1899)," Find A Grave, Memorial 59090826, accessed March 27, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59090826. 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). Franklin County, Kentucky P001019 Categories: Places

County in central Kentucky. Seat at Frankfort. Located on the Kentucky River.

38.2009, -84.8733 "Frankfort, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 16, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Ron D. Bryant, "Franklin County" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 354-56. 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. Kentucky State Militia O00000916 1792 Categories: Organizations

The Kentucky State Militia consisted of two principal branches, active and enrolled. From its founding, the Commonwealth of Kentucky operated a county-based, universally enrolled militia consisting of all white males of military age. The active militia, consisting of volunteer companies, was organized in 1860 as the Kentucky State Guard.

Relationships Military: Alexander W. Nickell (Morgan County, Kentucky, farmer, laborer and soldier) Military: 65th Regiment of Kentucky Militia (U.S.A.) Military: Office of the Inspector General of Kentucky Military: Military Board of Kentucky Military: Sebastian C. Vick (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, carpenter and soldier.) Military: [Unknown] Mitchell (Mason County, Captain of State Guard Unit) Economic: John B. Lindsey (Versailles, Kentucky, farmer, paymaster & organizer for KY militia) Military: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Military: Samuel G. Suddarth (Adair Co, KY, atty, Quarter-master general of KY) Economic: James F. Tureman (Kenton County, KY, bookkeeper and Quartermaster 22nd Infty USA) Military: James F. Tureman (Kenton County, KY, bookkeeper and Quartermaster 22nd Infty USA) Economic: Daniel Weisiger Lindsey (Adjutant General & Inspector General) Economic: William Stewart (Clerk for Kentucky Inspector General) Military: J. K. Edwards (Kentucky, aid to Bramletter, "colonel") Military: Thomas Hall (Washington County, KY, farmer and soldier) Military: James W. Wilkins (Hopkins County, Kentucky, merchant) Military: John H. Frost (Hopkins County, KY, farmer and pvt of 25th, corp thru capt 17th KY Infantry USA) Military: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Military: Goldman H. Goodman (Anderson County, KY, physician) Military: James A. Hawkins (Anderson County, KY, paymaster ) Military: William Morrison (Clinton County, KY, farmer) Military: William C. Wood (Clinton County, KY, farmer) Military: George W. Mathews (Anderson County, Kentucky, police judge) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Richard G. Stone, “Kentucky State Guard,” The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 513. Franklin County, Kentucky 1861-10-08 Legal/Financial 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 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 Kentucky Franklin County } Sct

I Th N Lindsey do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State and be faithful and true to the Commonwealth of Kentucky so long as I continue a citizen thereof & that I will faithfully execute to the best of my abilities the office of Paymaster General of the Militia of the Commonwealth of Kentucky according to law and I do further solemnly swear that since the adoption of the ^present^ Constitution I being a Citizen of this State have not fought a duel with deadly weapons within this State nor out of its with a citizen of this state; nor have I accepted or sent a Challenge to fight a duel with deadly weapons with a citizen of this State nor have I acted as second as carrying a challenge or aided and assisted any person thus offending so help me God

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and I further swear that I will well and truly execute and obey the legal order of all officers legally placed over me when on duty

Th N Lindsey

sworn to before the undersigned Examiner of Franklin County Oct 8 1861

W Franklin Examiner Franklin Co Ky