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Caldwell County, Kentucky William J. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer. ) N00011765 1840? Categories: People

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer. Son of Thomas B. Wadlington. Married to Nancy A. Hayes Wadlington in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in May 1863. Father of Lula Wadlington and Walter Wadlington. Student in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmhand and convict in Caldwell County in 1860. Sentenced to eight years incarceration in 1861 for his involvement in the murder of Milton A. Cartwright in 1860. Pardoned by Governor Magoffin in 1862.

Relationships Familial: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Familial: Mary A. J. Cartwright Wadlington (Princeton, Kentucky, governess) Legal: Caldwell Circuit Court Social: Milton A. Cartwright (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Caldwell County Court Social: James Milton Dudley (Caldwell county, KY, produce dealer) Social: Arthur J. Patterson (Caldwell Co, Ky, attorney, editor) Social: James R. Hewlett (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and attorney) Social: William Howell Edmunds (Caldwell County, Kentucky, attorney, judge, and state representative) Social: Lemuel Pepper (Caldwell Co, Ky, attorney) Social: David W. McGoodwin (Caldwell County, Kentucky, attorney) Social: John P. Rascoe (Caldwell Co, Ky, farmer and dry goods clerk) Social: George W. Barbour (Caldwell County, Kentucky, attorney, one of counsel for Thos Wadlington) Social: Conrad Rohrbach (Caldwell County, Kentucky, blacksmith) Social: James P. McGoodwin (Caldwell County, Kentucky, attorney) Social: William H. Baley (Caldwell County, Kentucky, dry goods merchant) Social: James A. Carr (Caldwell County, Kentucky, physician) Social: James H. Calvert (Caldwell County, Kentucky, physician, surgeon 25th TN Inf CSA) Social: Perry Blount (Caldwell County, Kentucky, tailor) Social: James Gale (Caldwell County, Kentucky, tailor) Social: Albert Denny (Caldwell County, Kentucky, hotel keeper) Social: Edmund H. Daniel (Caldwell County, Kentucky, laborer) Social: William Thompson Scott (Caldwell County, Kentucky, brickmason and clerk) Social: Bryant N. Dawson (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and constable) Social: James C. Weller (Caldwell County, Kentucky, resident and county clerk) Social: Benjamin J. Mason (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: John W. Harpending (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and Wool carder) Social: William H. Calvert (Princeton, Caldwell County, attorney ) Social: William H. Miller (Caldwell County, Kentucky, attorney) Social: William Wells (Caldwell County, Kentucky, blacksmith) Social: A. Reynolds (Caldwell County, KY, hotel keeper) Social: John Jefferson Wylie (Caldwell County, Kentucky, saddler) Social: John Young Chambers (Caldwell County, Kentucky, tailor and grocer merchant) Social: Henry J. Evans (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Rodolphus B. Ratliff (Caldwell County, KY, gunsmith, farmer, and sheriff) Social: Richard Whittington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, wagon maker and grocery merchant) Social: John G. Pettit (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Albert M. McGoodwin (Princeton, Caldwell County, Kentucky, student, dry goods merchant; 1st lieut, adj, & capt 3rd Ky Inf CSA) Social: Littleberry Withers (Princeton, Caldwell County, Kentucky, postmaster) Social: James M. Pierce (Princeton, Kentucky, farmer and prov govt) Social: John J. McLin (Caldwell County, Kentucky, shoemaker and clerk) Social: John Mitchell Higgins (Caldwell County, Kentucky, merchant) Social: Cornelius T. Dabney (Princeton, Caldwell County, Kentucky, saddler) Social: Charles Henry Ingram (Caldwell County, Kentucky, publisher) Social: James S. Lowey (Caldwell County, Kentucky, wagonmaker & county jailor) Social: Jesse Stevens (Caldwell County, Kentucky, sheriff and farmer) Social: James F. Ingram (Caldwell County, Kentucky, town marshal) Social: William E. Mitchusson (Caldwell County, Kentucky, deputy circuit court clerk & farmer) Social: James C. Barnes (Princeton, Kentucky, deputy circuit court clerk) Social: Edmund P. Watkins (Caldwell Co, Kentucky, circuit court clerk) Familial: William H. Miller (Caldwell County, Kentucky, attorney) Social: James W. Blalock (Caldwell Co, Ky, farm laborer; pvt 8th Cav, sgt 12th Cav) Social: John W. Prince (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer) Legal: Turner A. Lowey (Caldwell County, Kentucky, carpenter & justice of the peace) Familial: Lucien J. Cartwright (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Brother of Milton A. Cartwright) Social: Stanley D. Bowers (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and member of provisional government) Social: Eli Nichols, Jr. (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and pvt 48th Ky Mtd Inf USA) Legal: Thomas C. Dabney (Trigg County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Familial: William Wadlington, Sr. (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Kentucky Court of Appeals Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Harlan & Harlan Legal: Stephen F. Farrow (Caldwell Co, KY, attorney)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 345B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 115. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 3, p. 510B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film #000546374, p. 21. KYR-0001-020-0078. KYR-0001-020-0079. Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) N00011764 1821? 1863-03-21 Categories: People

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of William Wadlington. Father of William J. Wadlington. Married to Mary A. J. Cartwright Wadlington in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on December 21, 1850. Father of Thomas M. Wadlington, Mary T. Wadlington, and Ann Babb Wadlington. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Member of the Democratic Party. Caldwell County representative to Kentucky State Democratic Convention in Frankfort in January 1859. Elected Caldwell County representative to Kentucky State Democratic Convention in Frankfort in January 1860. Farmer and convict in Caldwell County in 1860. Household owned seven enslaved persons, including John [Unknown] and Jourdan [Unknown], in Caldwell County in 1860. Convicted by the Caldwell Circuit Court of the murder of Milton A. Cartwright in November 1860. Sentenced to death by the Caldwell Circuit Court in November 1860. Sentence commuted to life in prison by Governor Beriah Magoffin on February 11, 1861. Inmate of the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Frankfort from March 21, 1861, to March 21, 1863.

Relationships Legal: Caldwell Circuit Court Social: Milton A. Cartwright (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Jesse George (Caldwell County, KY, farmer) Social: Bailous Phelps (Caldwell County, KY, farmer and Baptist clergyman) Social: Wade H. Cantrell (Caldwell County, KY, farmer) Social: William H. Carter (Caldwell County, KY, laborer) Social: B. M. Starr (Logan County, KY, drinker of whiskey) Social: Peter P. Baker (Caldwell County, KY, farmer) Social: James M. Harper (Caldwell County, KY, sheriff and farmer) Legal: Kentucky State Penitentiary Legal: Livingston Lindsay (Caldwell County, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: James Milton Dudley (Caldwell county, KY, produce dealer) Familial: William Wadlington, Sr. (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Caldwell County, Kentucky Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: Caldwell County Court Social: James W. Blalock (Caldwell Co, Ky, farm laborer; pvt 8th Cav, sgt 12th Cav) Social: John W. Prince (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer) Legal: James C. Barnes (Princeton, Kentucky, deputy circuit court clerk) Social: Stanley D. Bowers (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and member of provisional government) Social: Jesse Stevens (Caldwell County, Kentucky, sheriff and farmer) Familial: Joseph Fuquay (Hopkins County, Kentucky, merchant and farmer) Familial: William J. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer. ) Familial: Mary A. J. Cartwright Wadlington (Princeton, Kentucky, governess) Social: James Milton Dudley (Caldwell county, KY, produce dealer) Social: Arthur J. Patterson (Caldwell Co, Ky, attorney, editor) Social: James R. Hewlett (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and attorney) Social: William Howell Edmunds (Caldwell County, Kentucky, attorney, judge, and state representative) Social: Lemuel Pepper (Caldwell Co, Ky, attorney) Social: David W. McGoodwin (Caldwell County, Kentucky, attorney) Social: John P. Rascoe (Caldwell Co, Ky, farmer and dry goods clerk) Social: George W. Barbour (Caldwell County, Kentucky, attorney, one of counsel for Thos Wadlington) Social: Conrad Rohrbach (Caldwell County, Kentucky, blacksmith) Social: James P. McGoodwin (Caldwell County, Kentucky, attorney) Social: William H. Baley (Caldwell County, Kentucky, dry goods merchant) Social: James A. Carr (Caldwell County, Kentucky, physician) Social: James H. Calvert (Caldwell County, Kentucky, physician, surgeon 25th TN Inf CSA) Social: Perry Blount (Caldwell County, Kentucky, tailor) Social: James Gale (Caldwell County, Kentucky, tailor) Social: Albert Denny (Caldwell County, Kentucky, hotel keeper) Social: Edmund H. Daniel (Caldwell County, Kentucky, laborer) Social: William Thompson Scott (Caldwell County, Kentucky, brickmason and clerk) Social: Bryant N. Dawson (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and constable) Social: James C. Weller (Caldwell County, Kentucky, resident and county clerk) Social: Benjamin J. Mason (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: John W. Harpending (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and Wool carder) Social: William H. Calvert (Princeton, Caldwell County, attorney ) Social: William H. Miller (Caldwell County, Kentucky, attorney) Social: William Wells (Caldwell County, Kentucky, blacksmith) Social: A. Reynolds (Caldwell County, KY, hotel keeper) Social: John Jefferson Wylie (Caldwell County, Kentucky, saddler) Social: John Young Chambers (Caldwell County, Kentucky, tailor and grocer merchant) Social: Henry J. Evans (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Rodolphus B. Ratliff (Caldwell County, KY, gunsmith, farmer, and sheriff) Social: Richard Whittington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, wagon maker and grocery merchant) Social: John G. Pettit (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Albert M. McGoodwin (Princeton, Caldwell County, Kentucky, student, dry goods merchant; 1st lieut, adj, & capt 3rd Ky Inf CSA) Social: Littleberry Withers (Princeton, Caldwell County, Kentucky, postmaster) Social: James M. Pierce (Princeton, Kentucky, farmer and prov govt) Social: John J. McLin (Caldwell County, Kentucky, shoemaker and clerk) Social: John Mitchell Higgins (Caldwell County, Kentucky, merchant) Social: Cornelius T. Dabney (Princeton, Caldwell County, Kentucky, saddler) Social: Charles Henry Ingram (Caldwell County, Kentucky, publisher) Social: James S. Lowey (Caldwell County, Kentucky, wagonmaker & county jailor) Social: James F. Ingram (Caldwell County, Kentucky, town marshal) Social: William E. Mitchusson (Caldwell County, Kentucky, deputy circuit court clerk & farmer) Social: James C. Barnes (Princeton, Kentucky, deputy circuit court clerk) Social: Edmund P. Watkins (Caldwell Co, Kentucky, circuit court clerk) Social: Bonaparte P. Glass (Caldwell co. farmer ) Social: George Riley Glass (Caldwell County, Kentucky farmer) Social: John W. Lamb (Caldwell County Kentucky, farmer) Social: Green Berry Glass (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Turner A. Lowey (Caldwell County, Kentucky, carpenter & justice of the peace) Familial: Lucien J. Cartwright (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Brother of Milton A. Cartwright) Social: Eli Nichols, Jr. (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and pvt 48th Ky Mtd Inf USA) Legal: Thomas C. Dabney (Trigg County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Legal: Caldwell County Jail Social: Francis W. Dodds (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and deputy sheriff.) Social: Zachariah Weeks (Caldwell co., ky, farmer ) Legal: Kentucky Court of Appeals Legal: John W. Prince (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer) Legal: Gideon C. Scott (Caldwell County, Kentucky, student and resident) Legal: James E. McGowan (Caldwell County, KY, laborer) Legal: Thomas S. Johnson (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and coroner's jury member) Legal: Joseph W. Hart (Caldwell County, KY, farmer) Legal: Andrew Jackson Lamb (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Patton Bell Lamb (Caldwell County, KY, resident and farmhand) Legal: Andrew J. Martin (Caldwell County, KY, farmer and pvt 24th Ky Inf Reg.) Legal: Lucien J. Cartwright (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Brother of Milton A. Cartwright) Legal: Samuel C. Campbell (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Eli Nichols, Jr. (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and pvt 48th Ky Mtd Inf USA) Legal: Richard Hunter (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: William O'Hara (Princeton, Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Pleasant Conway (Princeton, Kentucky, farmer and coroner) Legal: William Howell Edmunds (Caldwell County, Kentucky, attorney, judge, and state representative) Legal: Norflet Jones (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: James H. Calvert (Caldwell County, Kentucky, physician, surgeon 25th TN Inf CSA) Legal: Harlan & Harlan Legal: Stephen F. Farrow (Caldwell Co, KY, attorney) Legal: Edward P. Campbell (Caldwell County, Ky, 1865 Hopkinsville, Ky, attorney Comwlth Atty in late 1860)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell, District 2, p. 345B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell, Princeton, p. 115. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell, Princeton, p. 221B-222A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film 000851644. "Democratic Meeting in Caldwell" Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), October 23, 1858, p. 2. "Meeting in Caldwell County" Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), October 26, 1859, p. 1. Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Caldwell County Administration Bonds, 1830-1869, p.221-22. Register of Prisoners, 1855-1861, Kentucky State Penitentiary-Frankfort, KDLA, Film 7009891. KYR-0001-020-0079. KYR-0001-025-0073. Benjamin J. Mason (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) N00014046 1827? Categories: People

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Tennessee native. Married to Dicey Jennings Mason in Trigg County, Kentucky, on December 23, 1847. Father of Thomas W. Mason, Nancy Mason, Fannie Mason, Mary B. Mason, Jeff D. Mason, and R. E. L. Mason. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860. Employed Isaac Eison as a farmhand in Caldwell County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Caldwell County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: James C. Barnes (Princeton, Kentucky, deputy circuit court clerk) Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: William J. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer. ) Legal: Turner A. Lowey (Caldwell County, Kentucky, carpenter & justice of the peace) Legal: Edmund P. Watkins (Caldwell Co, Kentucky, circuit court clerk) Social: Milton A. Cartwright (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 370A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 35-36. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 222B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 505B. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994029, Caldwell County Births, p. 3 of 5 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com). Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Trigg County Marriages, Film #000321335, p. 117. Ennis Hooper (Caldwell Co farmer ) N00014214 1788? 1864-02 Categories: People

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. North Carolina native. Father of Elizabeth "Betty" Hooper and Narcissa Hooper. Resident in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1840. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Mary A. J. Cartwright Wadlington (Princeton, Kentucky, governess) Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Social: William J. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer. ) Legal: Turner A. Lowey (Caldwell County, Kentucky, carpenter & justice of the peace) Legal: Edmund P. Watkins (Caldwell Co, Kentucky, circuit court clerk)

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, p. 42. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 356A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 36. Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Caldwell County Wills; Vol A-B, 1809-1968, p. 340 of 397 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com). Enoch B. Hooper (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) N00014123 1814? 1892? Categories: People

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Margaret A. Gordlet Hooper in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on March 30, 1835. Father of Rebecca J. T. Hooper Dawson, Charles S. Hooper, and William Ann Hooper. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Mary A. J. Cartwright Wadlington (Princeton, Kentucky, governess) Legal: William S. Talbott (Caldwell County, Kentucky, police judge) Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: James W. Blalock (Caldwell Co, Ky, farm laborer; pvt 8th Cav, sgt 12th Cav) Social: John W. Prince (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer) Legal: Edmund P. Watkins (Caldwell Co, Kentucky, circuit court clerk) Legal: James C. Barnes (Princeton, Kentucky, deputy circuit court clerk) Social: Milton A. Cartwright (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: William J. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer. ) Legal: Turner A. Lowey (Caldwell County, Kentucky, carpenter & justice of the peace) Social: Ennis Hooper (Caldwell Co farmer ) Familial: Aaron G. Scott (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Durin Clark Lamb (Caldwell co. farm laborer and student ) Social: Andrew Jackson Lamb (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 356A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 32. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film #000851644, p. 231. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film #000546372, p. 232. Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Caldwell County Administration Bonds, 1878-1899, p. 273. Aaron G. Scott (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) N00014114 1823-06-19 1911-11-13 Categories: People

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Caldwell County, Kentucky, native. Son of Stallard Scott. Married to Martha W. Pickering Scott in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on November 14, 1844. Father of William C. Scott, Malachi Scott, Elvira P. Scott, Erastus Louisa Scott, Stallard Scott, Joseph Ann Scott, Mary A. Scott, and R. L. Scott. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Demarcus "Mark" L. Scott (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Mary A. J. Cartwright Wadlington (Princeton, Kentucky, governess) Legal: William S. Talbott (Caldwell County, Kentucky, police judge) Social: Enoch B. Hooper (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: James W. Blalock (Caldwell Co, Ky, farm laborer; pvt 8th Cav, sgt 12th Cav) Social: John W. Prince (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer) Legal: Edmund P. Watkins (Caldwell Co, Kentucky, circuit court clerk) Legal: James C. Barnes (Princeton, Kentucky, deputy circuit court clerk) Social: Milton A. Cartwright (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: William J. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer. ) Legal: Turner A. Lowey (Caldwell County, Kentucky, carpenter & justice of the peace) Social: Durin Clark Lamb (Caldwell co. farm laborer and student ) Social: Andrew Jackson Lamb (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 356B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 34. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 489A. "Erastus Louisa 'Lou' Scott Wormelduff (1852-1938)," Find A Grave, Memorial # 36178948, accessed March 17, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36178948. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #27699. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film #000851644, p. 256. Eli Nichols, Jr. (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and pvt 48th Ky Mtd Inf USA) N00014128 1825? Categories: People

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Eli Nichols, Sr. Farmer in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Resident in Caldwell County in 1860. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1863. Served in the 48th Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as private from October 26, 1863, to December 15, 1864.

Relationships Social: Mary A. J. Cartwright Wadlington (Princeton, Kentucky, governess) Legal: William S. Talbott (Caldwell County, Kentucky, police judge) Social: John W. Prince (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer) Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Elias B. Martin (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: William J. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer. ) Social: William H. Miller (Caldwell County, Kentucky, attorney) Social: James W. Blalock (Caldwell Co, Ky, farm laborer; pvt 8th Cav, sgt 12th Cav) Social: Milton A. Cartwright (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Turner A. Lowey (Caldwell County, Kentucky, carpenter & justice of the peace) Legal: Edmund P. Watkins (Caldwell Co, Kentucky, circuit court clerk) Familial: Green Berry Glass (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Stanley D. Bowers (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and member of provisional government) Social: Durin Clark Lamb (Caldwell co. farm laborer and student ) Social: Andrew Jackson Lamb (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 355B. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Caldwell County, KY, June 1863, p. 31. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 398. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 479. KYR-0001-020-0001. W. D. Lear (Caldwell County, Kentucky, affiant supporting Wadlington) N00014340 Categories: People

Caldwell County, Kentucky, affiant. Signed an affidavit in support of William J. Wadlington in 1862.

James Miller (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) N00014341 1825? Categories: People

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Tennessee native. Married to Susan Miller. Father of Ellis H. Miller and Mildred Jane Miller. Married to Nancy M. Blaylock Miller in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in May 1854. Father of Margaret A. Miller, William J. Miller, Mary Elizabeth Miller, Pamela Miller, Emily C. Miller, W. N. Miller, F. D. Miller, and S. M. Miller. Famer in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1863.

Relationships Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: William J. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer. ) Legal: Turner A. Lowey (Caldwell County, Kentucky, carpenter & justice of the peace) Legal: Edmund P. Watkins (Caldwell Co, Kentucky, circuit court clerk) Social: Green Berry Glass (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 351A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Pollard's Tan-yard Division, p. 153-54. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Bucksnort, p. 415B. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War) NARA RG 110, Caldwell County, KY, June 1863, p. 14. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994029, Caldwell County Births, 1856. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994029, Caldwell County Births, 1857. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film #000546372, p 160. Demarcus "Mark" L. Scott (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) N00014115 1820? Categories: People

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Martha A. Colly Scott. Father of Nancy E. Scott, Adella F. Scott Taylor, Martha M. Scott, Joseph Scott, Sonnover B. Scott, Asayneth A. Scott, Theresa Scott, and Sarah M. Scott. Farmer in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Mary A. J. Cartwright Wadlington (Princeton, Kentucky, governess) Legal: William S. Talbott (Caldwell County, Kentucky, police judge) Legal: James C. Barnes (Princeton, Kentucky, deputy circuit court clerk) Social: Milton A. Cartwright (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: John W. Prince (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer) Social: James W. Blalock (Caldwell Co, Ky, farm laborer; pvt 8th Cav, sgt 12th Cav) Social: William J. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer. ) Legal: Turner A. Lowey (Caldwell County, Kentucky, carpenter & justice of the peace) Legal: Edmund P. Watkins (Caldwell Co, Kentucky, circuit court clerk) Social: Durin Clark Lamb (Caldwell co. farm laborer and student ) Social: Andrew Jackson Lamb (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 356A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton Division, p. 30. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton Precinct, p. 493B. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994029, Caldwell County Births, p. 4. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, 1864-1921, Film #001929335. “Marcus Lafayette Scott (1820-1908)," Memorial #79644587, Find A Grave, accessed June 11, 2021, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79644587/marcus-lafayette-scott. Richard Hunter (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) N00014196 1833? 1863? Categories: People

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Elizabeth Hunter. Married to Teresa Scott Hunter. Father of George Hunter, Elizabeth Hunter, and Nancy Hunter. Student in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Household owned five enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: James C. Barnes (Princeton, Kentucky, deputy circuit court clerk) Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Milton A. Cartwright (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: James W. Blalock (Caldwell Co, Ky, farm laborer; pvt 8th Cav, sgt 12th Cav) Social: William J. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer. ) Legal: Turner A. Lowey (Caldwell County, Kentucky, carpenter & justice of the peace) Legal: Edmund P. Watkins (Caldwell Co, Kentucky, circuit court clerk) Social: David L. Hunter (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Durin Clark Lamb (Caldwell co. farm laborer and student ) Social: Andrew Jackson Lamb (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Social: Gideon C. Scott (Caldwell County, Kentucky, student and resident) Social: John W. Prince (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 364B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 790. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 35. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994029, Caldwell County Births, p. 5. Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Caldwell County Wills, vol A-B, 1809-1968, p. 220. James Madison Ervin (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) N00014346 1814? Categories: People

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Tennessee native. Married to Rosannah A. Davis in Caldwell County, Kentucky on February 26, 1838. Father of Lafayette Ervin, Enos Ervin, Julia Ervin, Ellen Ervin, Elizabeth Ervin, and Rosannah Ervin. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1840. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860.

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, p. 44. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 24. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 487B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film #000851644, p. 338 of 439 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com). Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7016189: Caldwell County Deaths, File #295. Riley P. Dawson (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer.) N00014126 1833? Categories: People

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of John Dawson and Louisa Dawson. Married to Rebecca J. T. Hooper Dawson in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in October 1855. Father of Robert Dawson, Drusilla Dawson, John Dawson, Riley Dawson, and Sarah Dawson. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860. Employed Dorothy Dawson in Caldwell County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Mary A. J. Cartwright Wadlington (Princeton, Kentucky, governess) Legal: William S. Talbott (Caldwell County, Kentucky, police judge) Legal: James C. Barnes (Princeton, Kentucky, deputy circuit court clerk) Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Milton A. Cartwright (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: James W. Blalock (Caldwell Co, Ky, farm laborer; pvt 8th Cav, sgt 12th Cav) Social: William J. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer. ) Legal: Turner A. Lowey (Caldwell County, Kentucky, carpenter & justice of the peace) Legal: Edmund P. Watkins (Caldwell Co, Kentucky, circuit court clerk) Social: Durin Clark Lamb (Caldwell co. farm laborer and student ) Social: Andrew Jackson Lamb (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 357A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 30. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Charleston, p. 97B-98C. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film #000546372, p. 232. Green Berry Glass (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) N00014157 1820-02-20 1897-07-11 Categories: People

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Rebecca Nichols Glass. Father of Sarah M. Glass, Louisa J. Glass, Pernecia Glass, Mary Glass, Franklin P. Glass, Martha Glass, and Green B. L. Glass. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860. Employed James McCaslin as a farm laborer in Caldwell County in 1860. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1863.

Relationships Legal: James C. Barnes (Princeton, Kentucky, deputy circuit court clerk) Social: James W. Blalock (Caldwell Co, Ky, farm laborer; pvt 8th Cav, sgt 12th Cav) Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: William J. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer. ) Legal: Turner A. Lowey (Caldwell County, Kentucky, carpenter & justice of the peace) Legal: Edmund P. Watkins (Caldwell Co, Kentucky, circuit court clerk) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 361A-B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 26. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Tennessee, p. 522B. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994029, Caldwell County Births, p. 1. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Caldwell County, KY, June 1863, p. 652 (accessed via Ancestry.com). Illinois, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1772-1999. Will Record, vol. A, 1861-1916. Pope County, Jefferson Precinct, Illinois Probate Records, pg. 243. Find A Grave, "Green Berry Glass (1820-1897)," Memorial #49742861, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49742861 (accessed March 29, 2021). David L. Hunter (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) N00014357 1825? 1876? Categories: People

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Catherine Gossett Hunter. Father of David L. Hunter Jr., Mary Ale Hunter Scott, George C. Hunter, Gabriella Hunter, Lyman B. Hunter, Edward F. Hunter, and Lee Hunter. Farmer in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: William J. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer. ) Legal: Turner A. Lowey (Caldwell County, Kentucky, carpenter & justice of the peace) Legal: Edmund P. Watkins (Caldwell Co, Kentucky, circuit court clerk) Social: Enoch B. Hooper (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Durin Clark Lamb (Caldwell co. farm laborer and student ) Social: Andrew Jackson Lamb (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 361B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 786. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 65-66. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Tennessee, p. 521A. Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Caldwell County Wills, 1830-1869, vol A-B, 1809-1968, p. 298-9. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #19427. Bryant N. Dawson (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and constable) N00014069 1831? Categories: People

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and constable. Kentucky native. Son of John Dawson. Married to Eliza Purdy Dawson. Father of William Dawson, F. B. Dawson, Charles Dawson, and Lula Dawson. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Constable in Caldwell County in 1860. Employed one enslaved person owned by Mrs. Webb in Caldwell County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 357A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 27. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 225B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 512B. Indiana State Board of Health, Death Certificates, 1900–2011, Indiana Archives and Records Administration, Indianapolis, IN, Death Certificates, 1924, Roll 01, Certificate #2692. Norflet Jones (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) N00014117 1816? 1887? Categories: People

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. North Carolina native. Married to Harriet Jones. Father of Minerva Jones, Mary Jones, William Jones, Charles Jones, John Jones, Sarah E. Jones, James Jones, and M. A. "Lissey" Jones. Farmer in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Mary A. J. Cartwright Wadlington (Princeton, Kentucky, governess) Legal: Caldwell Circuit Court Social: Milton A. Cartwright (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: James W. Blalock (Caldwell Co, Ky, farm laborer; pvt 8th Cav, sgt 12th Cav) Social: John W. Prince (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer) Legal: William S. Talbott (Caldwell County, Kentucky, police judge) Legal: James C. Barnes (Princeton, Kentucky, deputy circuit court clerk) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Social: William J. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer. ) Legal: Turner A. Lowey (Caldwell County, Kentucky, carpenter & justice of the peace) Legal: Edmund P. Watkins (Caldwell Co, Kentucky, circuit court clerk) Social: Demarcus "Mark" L. Scott (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 370A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 65. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 493B. Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Caldwell County Administration Bonds, 1878-1899, p. 71. Turner A. Lowey (Caldwell County, Kentucky, carpenter & justice of the peace) N00014152 1826? Categories: People

Caldwell County, Kentucky, carpenter and justice of the peace. Tennessee native. Married to Winey Caroline Bennett Lowey in Crittenden County, Kentucky, on August 28, 1847. Father of James Lowey and Bettie Lowey. Married to Martha Lowey. Father of Jacob Lowey and I. T. Lowey. Carpenter in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1860. Employed Sarah Hollowell as a seamstress in Caldwell County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Caldwell County in 1861. Justice of the peace in Caldwell County in 1862.

Relationships Social: Milton A. Cartwright (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: James C. Barnes (Princeton, Kentucky, deputy circuit court clerk) Legal: William E. Mitchusson (Caldwell County, Kentucky, deputy circuit court clerk & farmer) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 43. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden County, Ford's Ferry, Precinct 5, p. 411B. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Crittenden County Marriages, Film #000558428, p. 33. KYR-0001-020-0019. KYR-0001-020-0075. Edmund P. Watkins (Caldwell Co, Kentucky, circuit court clerk) N00003864 1824? Categories: People

Caldwell County, Kentucky, court clerk. Kentucky native. Son of Mrs. J. Watkins. Married to Susan T. Osborn Watkins in Crittenden County, Kentucky, on December 31, 1847. Married to Paulina Gary Watkins c1858. Father of Lucy Watkins. Clerk in Princeton, Kentucky, in 1850. Clerk of the Caldwell Circuit Court in Princeton from 1858 to 1865. Owned six enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1860.

Relationships Economic: Caldwell Circuit Court Legal: Caldwell Circuit Court Legal: James C. Barnes (Princeton, Kentucky, deputy circuit court clerk) Legal: William Howell Edmunds (Caldwell County, Kentucky, attorney, judge, and state representative) Legal: Turner A. Lowey (Caldwell County, Kentucky, carpenter & justice of the peace) Social: Thomas C. Dabney (Trigg County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Social: Edward P. Campbell (Caldwell County, Ky, 1865 Hopkinsville, Ky, attorney Comwlth Atty in late 1860) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Political: Caldwell Circuit Court Legal: Linn B. Baker (Trigg County, Kentucky, farm laborer and soldier in 1st Ky cav, CSA) Legal: Edna Gresham Baker (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and housewife) Legal: Leander Baker (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier in 47th Ky Mounted Infantry) Legal: John Newt Turner (Caldwell County, KY, merchant and county judge)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 345A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 112. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 8. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1859 (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1860), 290. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 305. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 11. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War) NARA RG 110, Caldwell County, Kentucky, June 1863, p. 23. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Crittenden County Marriages, 1818-1886, Film #000558428, p. 35. 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). Caldwell County, Kentucky P00002472 Categories: Places

County in western Kentucky. Seat at Princeton.

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

37.1092, -87.882 "Princeton, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed August 21, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 45. Caldwell Circuit Court O00000363 1809 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 2nd Judicial District of Kentucky. Judge(s): Thomas C. Dabney and Richard T. Petree. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): Edward P. Campbell. Clerk(s): Edmund P. Watkins and James C. Barnes. Deputy clerk(s): William E. Mitchusson.

Relationships Economic: Edmund P. Watkins (Caldwell Co, Kentucky, circuit court clerk) Legal: Edward Baker, Jr. (Caldwell County, Kentucky, soldier and saloon owner) Legal: Theophilus Cooksey (Caldwell County, Kentucky, carpenter and veteran) Legal: James A. Johnson (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: William Wells (Caldwell County, Kentucky, blacksmith) Legal: John Lewis (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Newman Estes (Caldwell County, Kentucky, grocery merchant) Legal: James C. Weller (Caldwell County, Kentucky, resident and county clerk) Legal: William E. Mitchusson (Caldwell County, Kentucky, deputy circuit court clerk & farmer) Legal: James C. Barnes (Princeton, Kentucky, deputy circuit court clerk) Legal: William J. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer. ) Legal: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Edmund P. Watkins (Caldwell Co, Kentucky, circuit court clerk) Legal: Henry J. Stites (Christian County, Kentucky, Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals) Legal: James W. Blalock (Caldwell Co, Ky, farm laborer; pvt 8th Cav, sgt 12th Cav) Legal: John W. Prince (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farm laborer) Legal: Milton A. Cartwright (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: William Wadlington, Sr. (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Thomas C. Dabney (Trigg County, Kentucky, attorney and judge) Legal: Mary A. J. Cartwright Wadlington (Princeton, Kentucky, governess) Legal: John R. Boyd (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer and pvt 17th KY Cav USA) Legal: John J. Crittenden Boyd (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer, corp & musician 48th Ill Inf and corporal 17th KY Cav USA) Legal: Linn B. Baker (Trigg County, Kentucky, farm laborer and soldier in 1st Ky cav, CSA) Legal: Edna Gresham Baker (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and housewife) Legal: Leander Baker (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier in 47th Ky Mounted Infantry)

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1860, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1861), 355-59. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, 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, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-50. Caldwell County, Kentucky 1862-08-16 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.

Kentucky Caldwell County

We the undersigned citizens of caldwell county and state of Kentucky, say that we are and have ben acquainted with William. J. Wadlington from his infancy and have long lived in the immediate neighborhood of his father T. B. Wadlington, with whom Williams has lived -- And from his moral and upright character. we believe that said William is entitled to full credit, and his oath is entitled to the fullest of credit. We state that from our intimate acquaintance with said William from his infancy we believe him to be a young man of sobriety, honest and industrious habits, and we believe him to be a youth of sterling integrity

B. J. Mason Ennis. Hooper E B Hooper A. G. Scott Eli. Nichols. W. D. Lear James Miller Mark Scott Richard Hunter J. M. Ervin R P Dawson G. B. Glass D L Hunter B, N, Dawson N, Jones

The above Subscribed Names was namedsworn to the above named affidavit before me Aug the 16th 1862

T. A. Lowey, J. P. C. C.

Kentucky Caldwell Circuit Court

I Edmund P. Watkins Clerk of the Caldwell Circuit Court do hereby Certify that I have the Signatures attached to the within affidavit and Know that the Signers to said affidavit are men of good moral character and entitled to full faith and Credit on oath or otherwise

Given under my hand August 19th 1862 E. P Watkins Clk. Caldwell Circuit Court