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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons and Remissions, 1859-1862 KYR-0001-020-0307 MG17-307

Breckinridge County, Kentucky Samuel Bland (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, farmer) N00020146 1806 1893 Categories: People

Breckinridge County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah Bland. Father of Mary M. Bland, John R. Bland, Samuel Bland Jr., Prudence A. Bland, Henry A. Bland, William Bland, Dulcina Bland. Farmer in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, in 1850. Charged with keeping a tippling house in Breckinridge County in 1859. Farmer in Breckinridge County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Breckinridge Circuit Court Legal: Cicero Maxwell (Ohio County, Kentucky, farmer, attorney and soldier)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge County, District 1, p. 119B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge County, District 2, p. 581. "Samuel Bland (1806-1893)," Find A Grave, Memorial 253678065, accessed September 15, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/253678065. Cicero Maxwell (Ohio County, Kentucky, farmer, attorney and soldier) N00003696 1831-11-21 1865-02-17 Categories: People

Ohio County, Kentucky, farmer, attorney, commonwealth's attorney and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Elizabeth Maxwell. Farmer in Ohio County, Kentucky in 1850. Commonwealth's attorney for the 3rd Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1859 to 1861. Attorney in Ohio County in 1860. Served in the 26th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a lieutenant colonel and colonel from March 5, 1862 to January 12, 1865. Commander of the Military District of Southwest Kentucky from October 1863 to April 1864.

Relationships Legal: Breckinridge Circuit Court Legal: Henry B. Margolyes (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, tavern and stable owner) Military: 26th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) Military: Military District of Southwest Kentucky Legal: Hezekiah Alexander Jr. (Meade County, Kentucky, resident. ) Legal: Meade Circuit Court Legal: William Branch Clarke (Simpson County, Kentucky, attorney) Legal: Beverly Leonidas Clarke (Simpson County, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Legal: McLean Circuit Court Legal: John Funk (Meade County, Kentucky, master shoe maker. ) Legal: James Stuart (Meade County, Kentucky, attorney and circuit court judge)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ohio County, District 2, p. 94A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Ohio County, Hartford, p. 783. 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), 289. 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. 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), 304. Roger D. Hunt, Colonels in Blue--Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee: A Civil War Biographical Dictionary (Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland Press, 2014), 174-175. "Col Cicero Maxwell (1831-1865)," Find A Grave, Memorial 38618350, accessed August 20, 2019, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38618350. John C. Wheatley (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, farmer) N00020145 1834-02-05 1894-03-12 Categories: People

Breckinridge County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of John Wheatley and Catharine Wheatley. Married to Mary C. Wheatley. Farmer in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Breckinridge County in 1860.

Relationships Familial: George Washington Wheatley (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Samuel Bland (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Breckinridge Circuit Court Legal: Cicero Maxwell (Ohio County, Kentucky, farmer, attorney and soldier)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge County, District 1, p. 124B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge County, District 2, p. 568. "J. C. Wheatley (1834-1894)," Find A Grave, Memorial 117040922, accessed September 15, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117040922. John H. Blake (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, farmer) N00020142 1837-01-21 1896-11-20 Categories: People

Breckinridge County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Coleman Blake and Nancy Blake. Married to Elizabeth Burns Blake in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, on January 11, 1860. Attended school in Breckinridge County in 1850. Teamster in Breckinridge County, Kentucky in 1860. Farmer in Breckinridge County in 1863.

Relationships Legal: Samuel Bland (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Breckinridge Circuit Court Legal: Cicero Maxwell (Ohio County, Kentucky, farmer, attorney and soldier)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge County, District 1, p. 110B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge County, Cloverport, p. 537. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Breckinridge County, KY, September 1863, p. 3. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Breckinridge County Marriages, Film 001877050, p. 11. "John H. Blake (1837-1896)," Find A Grave, Memorial 5026172, accessed May 31, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5026172. George Washington Wheatley (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, farmer) N00020134 1828? Categories: People

Breckinridge County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of John Wheatley and Catharine Wheatley. Married to Catherine Bevin Wheatley in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, on January 7, 1855. Father of Mary E. Wheatley, Elizabeth Wheatley, Jennie R. Wheatley, and Gertrude Wheatley. Farmer in Breckinridge County in 1850. Farmer in Breckinridge County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Samuel Bland (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Breckinridge Circuit Court Legal: Cicero Maxwell (Ohio County, Kentucky, farmer, attorney and soldier)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge County, District 1, p. 124B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge County, District 2, p. 667-8. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge County, District 2, p. 93A. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994029, Breckinridge County Marriages. William L. Blake (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, laborer) N00020143 1840-02-03 1910-11-23 Categories: People

Breckinridge County, Kentucky, laborer. Kentucky native. Son of Coleman Blake and Nancy Gregory Blake. Attended school in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, in 1850. Laborer in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, in 1860. Laborer in Breckinridge County in 1863.

Relationships Familial: John H. Blake (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Samuel Bland (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Breckinridge Circuit Court Legal: Cicero Maxwell (Ohio County, Kentucky, farmer, attorney and soldier)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge County, District 1, p. 110B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge County, Cloverport, p. 537. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Breckinridge County, KY, September 1863, p. 2. Indiana Death Certificates, 1900–2011, Indiana State Department of Health and Vital Records, Indiana Archives and Records Administration, Indianapolis, IN, Certificate 150. Robert H. Bowmer (Cloverport, Breckinridge County, Kentucky, deputy clerk) N00020144 1840-03-25 1876-08-16 Categories: People

Breckinridge County, Kentucky, deputy clerk. Kentucky native. Son of Elizabeth Bowmer. Deputy clerk in Breckinridge County, Kentucky in 1860. Household owned four enslaved persons in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Gideon Perry Jolly (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, circuit court clerk and county court clerk) Legal: Samuel Bland (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: John C. Wheatley (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: William L. Blake (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, laborer) Legal: John H. Blake (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: George Washington Wheatley (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Breckinridge Circuit Court Legal: Cicero Maxwell (Ohio County, Kentucky, farmer, attorney and soldier)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge County, District 1, p. 503. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge County, Cloverport, p. 552. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge County, District 1, p. 182B-183A. "Robert H. Bowmer (1840-1876)," Find A Grave, Memorial 86712137, accessed May 31, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86712137. Gideon Perry Jolly (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, circuit court clerk and county court clerk) N00005843 1822-02-07 Categories: People

Breckinridge County, Kentucky, circuit court clerk and county court clerk. Kentucky native. Son of Nelson Jolly, Jr. and Barbara Jolly. Married to Eliza Beard Jolly in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, on September 25, 1856. Father of Bion Jolly, Nannie Jolly, Lula M Jolly, and Clara Jolly. Deputy sheriff of Breckinridge County from 1849 to 1851. Sheriff of Breckinridge County from 1851 to 1858. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Breckinridge County from 1855 to 1857. Clerk of the Breckinridge Circuit Court from 1856 to 1868. Clerk of the Breckinridge County Court from 1858 to 1866. Owned four enslaved persons in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Breckinridge Circuit Court Legal: Samuel Bland (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: John C. Wheatley (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: William L. Blake (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, laborer) Legal: John H. Blake (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: George Washington Wheatley (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Cicero Maxwell (Ohio County, Kentucky, farmer, attorney and soldier)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge, District No. 1, p. 139A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge, District No. 1, p. 111. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge, District No. 1, p. 8-9. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge, Town of Hardinsburg, p. 5. Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Covington, KY: Collins & Co., 1874), 772. W. H. Perrin, J. H. Battle, and G. C. Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State (Louisville: F. A. Battey and Company, 1887), 1066. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records - Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll 994027-994058, Breckinridge County Marriages, p. 1. "Gideon Perry Jolly (1822-1894)," Find A Grave, Memorial 86712262, accessed June 4, 2017, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86712262. Breckinridge County, Kentucky P001810 Categories: Places

Seat at Hardinsburg, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River.

37.7982, -86.4592 Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1988), 35. USGS: Earth Explorer, "Breckinridge County, Kentucky," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on April 20, 2020). Breckinridge Circuit Court O00000353 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 3rd Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): James Stewart. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): Cicero Maxwell and John Chapeze. Clerk(s): Gideon P. Jolly.

“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. 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. Breckinridge County, Kentucky Legal/Financial English Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 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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Breckinridge Circuit Court The Commonwealth of Kentucky against Samuel Bland

The Grand Jury of Breckinridge County, in the name & by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, accuse Samuel Bland of the Offense of keeping a Tippling house -- committed as follows viz=

The said Samuel Bland on the first day of May 1859, and divers days since, in the county aforesaid, kept a tippling house against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Cicero Maxwell Atty for the Commonwealth

Witnesses John C. Wheatly John H. Blake Geo. W. Wheatly Wm Blake

A copy Att R. H. Bowmer D. C. G P Jolly clk

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